German Meaning of luddite

Luddit

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Definitions and Meaning of luddite in English

Wordnet

luddite (n)

any opponent of technological progress

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

Webster

luddite (n.)

One of a number of riotous persons in England, who for six years (1811-17) tried to prevent the use of labor-saving machinery by breaking it, burning factories, etc.; -- so called from Ned Lud, a half-witted man who some years previously had broken stocking frames.

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Luddit

any opponent of technological progress, one of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed laborsaving machinery that they thought would cause unemploymentOn

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