Look up: luddite

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   Luddite
   [n] - any opponent of technological progress 2. [n] - one of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed labor-saving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment
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   Luddite
   One of a group of people involved in machine-wrecking riots in northern England 1811-16. The organizer of the Luddites was referred to as General Ludd, but may not have existed. Many Luddites...
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   Luddite
   Lud'dite noun 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.
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   Luddite
   noun one of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed laborsaving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment
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   Luddite
   The `Luddites` were a social movement of British textile artisans in the early nineteenth century who protested ` often by destroying sewing machines — against the changes produced by the Industrial Revolution, which they felt threatened their livelihood. This English historical movement has to be seen in its context of the harsh economic climate due to the Napoleonic Wars; but since then, the term Luddite has been used to describe anyone ...
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   Luddite
   • (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.
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   Luddite
   member of the organized bands of 19th-century English handicraftsmen who rioted for the destruction of the textile machinery that was displacing ...
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   luddite
   
   1. any opponent of technological progress
   2. one of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed labor-saving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment
   
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