technoluddite views
- noun
- /ˌtɛk.nəˈlʌd.aɪt ˈvjuːz/
- Formal
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puntos de vista tecnoluditas
- The company's modernization efforts were met with technoluddite views from some long-term employees.
Examples
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Despite the rise of smartphones, he continues to defend his technoluddite views at every opportunity.
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Many people express technoluddite views about social media.
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Her technoluddite views often spark debates with friends.
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Her technoluddite view on smartphones surprised everyone.
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He frequently shares his technoluddite views against the increasing reliance on artificial intelligence.
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The debate about the impacts of automation revealed her strong technoluddite views among her peers.
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Many of the group's discussions revolve around technoluddite views, particularly regarding privacy concerns with new technologies.
Synonyms
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A strong fear or dislike of new technology and devices
Refusal to accept new machines or technology, sometimes shown by damaging them
A movement that resists new machines and technology at work
A strong fear of computers and new technology
Antonyms
How Opposed
Surface Forms
Morphology
technoluddite + view
The phrase is directly compositional: 'views' clearly means 'opinions', and 'technoluddite' (a compound blending 'techno-' and 'Luddite') denotes opposition to new technology, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning. Although 'technoluddite' is a relatively rare coinage, the modifier+noun structure and recognizable parts make the overall meaning predictable from the parts.
Etymology
Technoluddite views comes from the old word Luddite, the name given long ago to workers who smashed new cloth-making machines to show they were against them. That picture of people fighting machines helps explain why the phrase means 'attitudes that oppose new technology'.