LUDDITE

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• LUDDITE (noun)
  The noun LUDDITE has 2 senses:

1. any opponent of technological progress

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

  Familiarity information: LUDDITE used as a noun is rare.

• LUDDITE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any opponent of technological progress

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Luddite" is a kind of...):

adversary; antagonist; opponent; opposer; resister (someone who offers opposition)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Luddite" is a kind of...):

working man; working person; workingman; workman (an employee who performs manual or industrial labor)