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Luddite definition

Lud·dite (lud′īt′)

noun

  1. any of a group of workers in England (1811-16) who smashed new labor-saving textile machinery in protest against unemployment and reduced wages
  2. a person opposed in principle to technological change: a pejorative term

Etymology: said to be after a Ned Lud, feebleminded man who smashed two frames belonging to a Leicestershire employer (c. 1779)

adjective

of or relating to Luddites

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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