Luddite
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- noun
- /ˈlʌdaɪt/
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luddista
- Some people label anyone who questions new technology as a Luddite.
What if your neighbor said, you know, he's a bookworm and he thinks he's a Luddite and he thinks that movies are evil?
- What if your neighbor said, you know, he's a bookworm and he thinks he's a Luddite and he thinks that movies are evil?
- I know that sounds harsh and rough, and I'm not here to be like an AI Luddite and say, oh, AI is, you know, crap.
- We don't have to be either or we don't have to, you know, like be completely a, a, a, a tech addict or a Luddite.
- So a lot of people watching this going this old guy, this Luddite.
Examples
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The bad news is that this distraction seems unavoidable; no one wants to be a Luddite without a smartphone.
Academic text (2018) -
An instructor who objected to such political monitoring would be no different from the Luddite who objected to standardized teaching evaluations.
Academic text (1993) -
Essentially he accused me of being a Luddite.
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Now, to be clear, I come at this as neither Luddite nor Futurist.
Blog text (18) -
JOHN: I don't understand this Luddite attitude.
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My background is in the social sciences/humanities, and if a technological Luddite like me can do this, so can you.
Blog text (20) -
I don't understand this Luddite attitude, especially from a scientist.
Fiction book (1993) -
Technophobes and Luddites will learn to adapt, or perish and thereby improve the species.
Blog text (20) -
We don't want to come off as Luddites, and we certainly don't want to say you shouldn't use technology.
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For many economists, the current wave of automation anxiety amounts to misguided scaremongering by modern-day Luddites.
Academic text (2018)
Synonyms
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A person who dislikes or fears modern technology
A person who opposes new technology because they worry about its social or moral effects
A person who refuses to accept new ideas or technology
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
A person who opposes new technology because they worry about its social or moral effects
How Resistant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Luddite = Ludd (opaque) = Ludd + ite
Derived from a historical proper name plus the denominal suffix '-ite'; most learners cannot infer the modern sense 'opponent of technological change' from the parts alone.
Etymology
Luddite comes from the name Ned Ludd, a man said to have smashed a weaving machine in England. So a Luddite today is someone who 'resists' new technology, because the original Luddites broke machines they feared would take their jobs.