Meaning & use
Luddite
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A person who opposes or resists new technology or technological change.
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My uncle calls himself a luddite because he refuses to own a smartphone.
Critics dismissed the reformers as luddites, though they simply wanted safer working conditions.
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The word originates from the Luddites, 19th-century English textile workers who destroyed machinery they believed threatened their jobs.
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technophobe
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