luddite

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Pronunciation

/ˈlʌdaɪt/(LUD-yte)

Part of speech

nounneutral

Chinese

反对新技术的人;守旧者

Definition

A person opposed to new technology or ways of working.

Word family

  • Luddism/ˈlʌdɪzəm/(n)反技术主义

Collocations

  • self-confessed luddite
  • technological luddite
  • a bit of a luddite
  • neo-luddite

Examples

  1. 1.My grandfather is a complete luddite — he still refuses to use email. (technology-averse person)
  2. 2.She was no luddite, but she questioned whether every process needed an app. (opposed to technology)

Synonyms

  • technophobe/ˈtɛknəfəʊb/fearful of technology
  • traditionalist/trəˈdɪʃənəlɪst/preferring old ways
  • conservative/kənˈsɜːvətɪv/resistant to change

Etymology

from Ned Ludd, a possibly fictional English worker said to have destroyed weaving machinery around 1779 — his name became a rallying cry for workers who smashed industrial machines in the early 1800s