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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.
Some people in the town were considered luddites due to their dislike of modern machines.
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.
Luddites were mostly skilled workers who feared losing their jobs to new machines.
