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Luddite
01
a person who opposes new technology or change, especially in the workplace, often because it replaces jobs
Examples
The luddite refused to use the new computer system.
02
a member of a group of early 19th-century English workers who protested against the use of machinery that threatened their jobs, often by destroying the machines
Examples
The Luddites destroyed textile machines during the Industrial Revolution.
