Luddite
noun
a member of any of various bands of workers in England (1811–16) organized to destroy manufacturing machinery, under the belief that its use diminished employment.
Luddism
-
a word derived from
Luddite.
Example Sentences
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But questioning a particular data-center project isn’t necessarily Luddism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
"That refusal, that sort of aggressive denunciation of this particular use of AI, was basically Luddism."
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2023
According to officials, not only does the state’s electoral Luddism result in fewer glitches, but it also acts as an old-school cybersecurity measure.
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2020
Here’s Ben Tarnoff with a provocative piece in The Logic calling for a revival of Luddism to counter oppressive technology of the sort Clearview manufactures.
From The Verge ● Jan. 22, 2020
Luddism, fanatical opposition to the introduction of machinery as it originally manifested itself among the hand-loom weavers of the Midlands.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall
