Crossword clues for luddite
luddite
- Protester did wrong breaking into vehicle behind back of school
- I hate the new filling for ruddy lo-cal sandwiches
- Unlikely smartphone user
- Unlikely Apple Store shopper
- Shunner of new technology
- Opponent of technological progress
- One who still has a flip phone, say
- One who longs for the good old days, perhaps
- One opposed to technology
- Diluted (anag) — opponent of technological innovation
- 19th-century English workman who destroyed new labour-saving machinery
- Opposite of an early adopter
- Any opponent of technological progress
- One of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed labor-saving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment
- Opponent of technological innovation
- Opponent of progress
- Opponent of new technology
- Opponent of innovation diluted rum
- One of a gang of English workmen destroying labour-saving mill machinery, 1811-16
- Antagonist facetiously called judge 500 things, but not Ms
- Rum diluted for machine-wrecker
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also luddite, 1811, from name taken by an organized band of weavers who destroyed machinery in Midlands and northern England 1811-16 for fear it would deprive them of work. Supposedly from Ned Ludd, a Leicestershire worker who in 1779 had done the same before through insanity (but that story first was told in 1847). Applied to modern rejecters of automation and technology from at least 196
As an adjective from 181
Wikipedia
The '''Luddites '''were 19th-century English textile workers (or self-employed weavers who feared the end of their trade) who protested against newly developed labour-economizing technologies, primarily between 1811 and 1816. The stocking frames, spinning frames and power looms introduced during the Industrial Revolution threatened to replace them with less-skilled, low-wage labourers, leaving them without work. The Luddite movement culminated in a region-wide rebellion in Northwestern England that required a massive deployment of military force to suppress.
Although the origin of the name Luddite is uncertain, a popular belief is that the movement was named after Ned Ludd, a youth who allegedly smashed two stocking frames in 1779, and whose name had become emblematic of machine destroyers. The name evolved into the imaginary General Ludd or King Ludd, a figure who, like Robin Hood, was reputed to live in Sherwood Forest.
Luddite is an EP by Grotus, released in 1992 by Spirit Music Industries.
Usage examples of "luddite".
The pilgrim had been sitting back in the shadows, but one Luddite noticed him and urged him to join the other women.
The pilgrim hit him just below his ribcage, and the Luddite grunted and doubled up.
The Luddite sat down heavily, and his fellow Luddites broke into new screams of laughter.
The stricken Luddite slowly began to get to his feet, holding his stomach and backing away.
Later, as the talking died away, the pilgrim turned to the Luddite beside him.
The Luddite smelled of smoke and grease and sweat, but the pilgrim was beginning to get accustomed to it.
In the next few days, the pilgrim became a part of Luddite life on the move.
Sometimes the minstrel would sing of old glories or glories yet to come, and the blood would dance within each Luddite until he was compelled to get up and stomp around the dying fire as the minstrel chanted, making guttural sounds and whoops of other noise.
But they were a subdued group good for little more than doing what the Luddites told them to do, gathering wood for fire, cooking meals, going with the Luddite who selected them to his blanket for the night.
A group of young Luddite men had gathered around the discussion, drawn by the straining voices.
I was going to college in Fairbanks and there was a pretty big Luddite presence on campus.
When I was in high school I discovered the Luddite movement and tried to get them interested, but it was hopeless.
Worldwide, it had more than two hundred Luddite scientists working for it.
Its deadliest opponent had been within the grasp of his Luddite helpers and had escaped!
Death, a Luddite ally, who was in charge of them, reported that this was a typical, but by no means universal, human response to seeing family members tortured.