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luddite |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Luddite \Lud"dite\, n. One of a number of riotous persons in England, who for six years (1811-17) tried to prevent the use of labor-saving machinery by breaking it burning factories, etc.; -- so called from Ned Lud, a half-witted man who some years previously had broken stocking frames. --J. & H. Smith. H. Martineau From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Luddite n 1: any opponent of technological progress [syn: {Luddite}] 2: one of the 19th century English workman who destroyed labor-saving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment [syn: {Luddite}]
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