luddite in English

noun
1
a member of any of the bands of English workers who destroyed machinery, especially in cotton and woolen mills, that they believed was threatening their jobs (1811–16).
Beginning with the Luddites , who smashed machinery in British textile mills in the 1810s, she traces literary, artistic and philosophical expressions of antitechnological thought up to the present.

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1. The author is not a Luddite.

2. I love technology. I'm not a Luddite.

3. It will take the form of a trendy Luddite Punk.

4. The lumbering, Luddite world of automobiles has a special attraction for Silicon Valley entrepreneurs.

5. Don't assume that we are all Luddite malcontents afraid of change.

6. We mustn't be Luddite about the technology that young people take for granted, " he said.

7. But the book's namesake tool is something even a Luddite can love.

8. We mustn't be Luddite about the technology that young people take for granted.

9. I suspected that deep down he was a Luddite who secretly preferred old-fashioned conventional fences.

10. Yielding to my usual Luddite instincts, I suggested that such means might conflict with the desired end.

11. For the first time ever, the Luddite fear that machines will replace people seems to be coming true.

12. The iPhone was the first phone that a Luddite could figure out in seconds and a hacker could tinker around with for endless hours.

13. The museum is mainly concerned with the local textile industry, and is particularly good on the period of the Luddite riots.

14. If a Luddite is someone who fears and hates all technological change, a Biltonite is someone who celebrates all technological change: because we can, we must.

15. Recall the Luddite textile workers in early 19th century Britain who attempted to destroy the textile machinery that was being introduced into their industry in an effort to protect their jobs.

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