Word
Luddite
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
lud-dite
Definition
- 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.
- noun - Any opponent of technological progress
- noun - One of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed laborsaving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment
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