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Luddite

noun

Any opponent of technological progress.

One of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed laborsaving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment.

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"Luddite" Quotes from Famous Books

... machines introduced by the inventions of Cartwright and Arkwright. Unhappily, this last cause, being the only one visible to artisans, was regarded by them as the sole cause of their distress. During the autumn and winter of 1811 "Luddite" riots broke out among the stocking-weavers of Nottingham. Their name was derived from a half-witted man who had destroyed two stocking frames many years before. Frame-breaking on a grand scale became the object of an organised conspiracy, ...

— The Political History of England - Vol XI - From Addington's Administration to the close of William - IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) • George Brodrick

Words linked to "Luddite" : opposer, antagonist, resister, workingman, working man, adversary, working person, workman, opponent