Definition of Luddite

1. Noun. Any opponent of technological progress.


2. Noun. One of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed laborsaving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment.

Definition of Luddite

1. 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.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Luddite

lucullan
lucullite
Luculus
lucuma
lucuma
lucumas
lucumo
lucumos
Lucy
Lucy Craft Laney
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Stone
lud
Luda
Luddite (current term)
lude
ludes
Ludian
ludic
ludic
ludicrous
ludicrously
ludicrousness
ludicrousnesses
Ludi Saeculares
ludlamite
Ludloff's sign
ludlow group
ludo

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