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Luddite

/ˌlʌˈdaɪt/
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Other forms: Luddites

Definitions of Luddite
  1. noun
    any opponent of technological progress
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    type of:
    adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister
    someone who offers opposition
  2. noun
    one of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed laborsaving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment
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    type of:
    working man, working person, workingman, workman
    an employee who performs manual or industrial labor
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