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LUDDITE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed laborsaving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Luddite" is a kind of...):
working man; working person; workingman; workman (an employee who performs manual or industrial labor)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any opponent of technological progress
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Luddite" is a kind of...):
adversary; antagonist; opponent; opposer; resister (someone who offers opposition)
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