Found 2 items, similar to Luddite.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Luddite Luddite n 1: any opponent of technological progress 2: one of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed labor-saving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment
English → English (gcide) Definition: Luddite Luddite \Lud"dite\, n. One of a number of riotous persons in England, who for six years (1811-17) tried to prevent the use of labor-saving machinery by breaking it, burning factories, etc.; -- so called from Ned Lud, a half-witted man who some years previously had broken stocking frames. --J. & H. Smith. --H. Martineau. [1913 Webster]