Luddite
Meaning of Luddite
- a person opposed to new technology or ways of working.
a small-minded Luddite resisting progress
I'm not a Luddite, after all I work with the internet for my job
- a member of any of the bands of English workers who destroyed machinery, especially in cotton and woollen mills, that they believed was threatening their jobs (1811–16).
- opposed to new technology or ways of working.
this bill is really a Luddite approach to science
there'll still be plenty of Luddite customers like me who are yet to embrace the future
- denoting or relating to the 19th-century Luddites who destroyed machinery that they believed was threatening their jobs.
the Luddite movement
the Luddite outbreaks of 1812
early 19th century: perhaps named after Ned Lud, a participant in the destruction of machinery, + -ite1.
Information about Luddite
- The plural form of Luddite is: Luddites.
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Hyphenation of Luddite
Lud-dite
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- Luddite is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Anagrams of Luddite
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