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Luddite
luddite
(Luddites) If you refer to someone as a Luddite, you are criticizing them for opposing changes in industrial methods, especially the introduction of new machines and modern methods. The majority have a built-in Luddite mentality; they are resistant to change. N-COUNT: oft N n c darkgreen]disapproval
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noun Etymology: perhaps from Ned Ludd, 18th century Leicestershire workman who destroyed a knitting frame Date: 1811 one of a group of early 19th century English workmen destroying laborsaving machinery as a protest; broadly one who is opposed to especially technological change • ~ adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & adj. --n. 1 hist. a member of any of the bands of English artisans who rioted against mechanization and destroyed machinery (1811-16). 2 a person opposed to increased industrialization or new technology. --adj. of the Luddites or their beliefs. Derivatives Luddism n. Ludditism n. Etymology: perh. f. Ned Lud, who destroyed machinery c. 1779 ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
эк. тр., ист. луддит (работник, сопротивляющийся введению нового оборудования и методов управления с целью сохранить свое рабочее место; в более широком смысле может употребляться по отношению к любому человеку, противящемуся каким-л. технологическим изменениям) See: luddism ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
4.
1. ист. луддит, разрушитель машин (начало XIX в.) 2. (l.) (современный) луддит, противник всякой механизации и автоматизации ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- 1811, from name taken by an organized band of weavers who destroyed machinery in Midlands and northern England 1811-16 for fear it would deprive them of work. Supposedly from Ned Ludd, a Leicestershire worker who had done the same before through insanity. Applied to modern rejecters of automation and technology from at least 1961. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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