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ludditism

ludditism

9.9
Refusal to accept new machines or technology, sometimes shown by damaging them
  • noun
  • /ˈlʌdɪˌtɪzəm/
translation icon : ludditismo
  • In reaction to automation, some workers openly embraced ludditism, fearing that technology would take their jobs.

Examples

  • These fundamentalists seem to think man is clearly the disease, and the resulting philosophy is that of Ludditism and some perverse need for everyone to regress to some kind of idealized tribal agrarian life to save the planet.

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  • Ludditism is not an environmental argument and not an economic strategy; just because something uses less absolute energy does not make it more efficient.

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  • The rise of ludditism in the 19th century was marked by protests against the introduction of new textile machines.

  • The concept of ludditism reflects a broader anxiety about the impact of rapid technological advancements on society.

Synonyms

Luddism
vsludditism
9.4

A movement that resists new machines and technology at work

includes that opposition but adds protest or machine destruction
technoluddite views
vsludditism
  • Formal
9.8

Opinions against using new technology like phones or computers

expresses active opposition that can involve protesting or destroying machines

How Pro-Technology

technophile
1 7.1
ludditism
9.9
technophobe
1 7.9

Surface Forms

ludditism singular
ludditisms plural

Morphology

ludditism = luddite (transparent) = luddite + ism

Formed by adding the productive noun-forming suffix '-ism' to 'luddite', yielding the ideology or movement associated with luddites.

Etymology

Ludditism comes from the name Ned Ludd, an English worker who, one popular story says, broke weaving machines in the early 1800s and whose followers were called Luddites. The -ism part means 'a belief or movement', so ludditism is being against new machines or technology, often shown by resisting or even destroying them.