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I'm often saddened and dismayed to see myself portrayed as either a Luddite or as a raving technophile. I've always thought that my job was to be as anthropologically neutral about emerging technologies as possible.
William Gibson

Meaning of "Luddite" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LUDDITE

Alleged to be named after Ned Ludd, an 18th-century Leicestershire workman, who destroyed industrial machinery.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LUDDITE

Luddite  [ˈlʌdaɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LUDDITE

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Luddite can act as a noun and an adjective.
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WHAT DOES LUDDITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Luddite

Luddite

The Luddites were 19th-century English textile artisans who protested against newly developed labour-saving machinery from 1811 to 1817. The stocking frames, spinning frames and power looms introduced during the Industrial Revolution threatened to replace the artisans with less-skilled, low-wage labourers, leaving them without work. Although the origin of the name Luddite is uncertain, a popular theory 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.

Definition of Luddite in the English dictionary

The first definition of Luddite in the dictionary is any of the textile workers opposed to mechanization who rioted and organized machine-breaking between 1811 and 1816. Other definition of Luddite is any opponent of industrial change or innovation. Luddite is also of or relating to the Luddites.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LUDDITE


almandite
ˈælmənˌdaɪt
andradite
ˈændrəˌdaɪt
Araldite
ˈærəlˌdaɪt
cheddite
ˈtʃɛdaɪt
cordite
ˈkɔːdaɪt
dight
daɪt
dite
daɪt
erudite
ˈɛrʊˌdaɪt
expedite
ˈɛkspɪˌdaɪt
extradite
ˈɛkstrəˌdaɪt
hermaphrodite
hɜːˈmæfrəˌdaɪt
heulandite
ˈhjuːlənˌdaɪt
indict
ɪnˈdaɪt
indite
ɪnˈdaɪt
jadeite
ˈdʒeɪdaɪt
recondite
rɪˈkɒndaɪt
smaragdite
sməˈræɡdaɪt
troglodyte
ˈtrɒɡləˌdaɪt
turbidite
ˈtɜːbɪˌdaɪt
undight
ʌnˈdaɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LUDDITE

Lucus Augusti
Lucy
lud
Luddism
lude
Ludendorff
luderick
Ludhiana
ludic
ludically
ludicrous
ludicrously
ludicrousness
Ludlow
ludo
ludship
Ludwigsburg
Ludwigshafen

WORDS THAT END LIKE LUDDITE

alabandite
Aphrodite
argyrodite
endopodite
exopodite
Gileadite
incondite
inerudite
lyddite
pentlandite
plaudite
podite
pseudohermaphrodite
scorodite
skutterudite
tetradite
thenardite
verdite
viridite

Synonyms and antonyms of Luddite in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Luddite» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LUDDITE

Find out the translation of Luddite to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Luddite from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Luddite» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

勒德分子
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ludita
570 millions of speakers

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Luddite
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Luddite
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

تحطيمها
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

луддитов
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ludita
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Luddite
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

luddite
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Luddite
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

luddite
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ラッダイト
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

러 다이 트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Luddite
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nên quá bảo thủ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

luddite
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लुधित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

otomasyona karşı kimse
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Luddite
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

luddystą
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

луддитів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Luddite
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

λουδίτης
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Luddite
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Luddite
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

luddite
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Luddite

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LUDDITE»

The term «Luddite» is regularly used and occupies the 99.032 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LUDDITE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Luddite

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10 QUOTES WITH «LUDDITE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Luddite.
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Kerry Bishe
I'm kind of a Luddite myself. I've got a bunch of typewriters at home. I'm a big fan of old technology.
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Rose Byrne
All forms of contact are good: letters, parcels, e-mails - I've been trying to get a Webcam for my computer, but I'm such a Luddite.
3
John Connolly
Anyone who wants bookstores to survive is portrayed as a Luddite who goes around smashing up Kindles.
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Jenny Eclair
I still can't set up the ironing-board. A complete Luddite.
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Emilio Estevez
I'm not a Luddite, but I'm outside more than I'm on my computer. We have a micro-farm - it's a step up from a garden. We have a pretty extensive vineyard. We grow about 60 percent of our own food, make our own wine, have chickens for eggs.
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Mark Feuerstein
To use a word I never thought I'd apply to myself, I've sort of become a Luddite with regard to information. Where everyone else is getting their Twitter feeds from 'The New York Times' and their 'Huffington Post' emails, I live in a little bit of a bubble.
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Kirsty Gallacher
I'm a bit of a Luddite and I hate the internet.
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William Gibson
I'm often saddened and dismayed to see myself portrayed as either a Luddite or as a raving technophile. I've always thought that my job was to be as anthropologically neutral about emerging technologies as possible.
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Paul Harding
I'm no online whiz, but I'm not a Luddite, either. I love that we have these laptops and tablets and smart phones; they're awesome and convenient and all that. It's more about maintaining balance. Technology should always be a predicate of the true subject: our individual humanity, our examined lives.
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Graham McTavish
I am the complete and utter definition of a Luddite.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LUDDITE»

Discover the use of Luddite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Luddite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Against the Machine: The Hidden Luddite Tradition in ...
" -ERIC SCHLOSSER, AUTHOR OF FAST FOOD NATION "Against the Machine is luminous, lyrical, impassioned, profound. I had to put the book down every few paragraphs and breathe in relief.
Nicols Fox, 2013
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Writings of the Luddites
In this volume, literary scholar Kevin Binfield collects complete texts written by Luddites or Luddite sympathizers between 1811 and 1816, adds detailed notes, and organizes the documents by the three primary regions of origin: the Midlands ...
Kevin Binfield, 2004
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Focuscrime: Maxims and Mantras for Recovering Multitaskers ...
Read this book from cover to cover. When you find yourself multitasking, stop. Read this book from cover to cover. When you find yourself in the midst of being distracted and you know this distraction was entirely avoidable, stop.
Productive Luddite, 2010
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Through the Fray
The beginning of the present century glorious as it was for British arms abroad was a dark time to those who lived by their daily labor at home.
G. A. Henty, 2008
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Rebels Against the Future: The Luddites and Their War on the ...
Looks to the past to remedy modern excesses
Kirkpatrick Sale, 1995
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Information technology: a luddite analysis
Drawing widely on sociological, economic, and political theory cominbined with detailed attention to technical, business, and sociological evidence, this critical scholarly work offers a comprehensive analysis both of the significance of ...
Frank Webster, Kevin Robins, 1986
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The Luddite Rebellion
How were they organized? Who were their leaders? The Luddite Rebellion explores these and other questions, presenting a comprehensive account of the Luddite Rebellion from its beginnings to the savage repression which marked its end.
Brian J. Bailey, 1998
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The Cult of Information: A Neo-Luddite Treatise on High ...
The best eye-opening book on the subject of the implications of a computerized culture is The Cult of Information. It is nothing short of a basic book for anyone interested in knowing about the ecology of technology.
Theodore Roszak, 1994
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The Lost Arts of Hearth & Home: The Happy Luddite's Guide to ...
The Lost Arts of Hearth and Home is not about extreme, off-the-grid living.
Ken Albala, Rosanna Nafziger Henderson, 2012
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The Lady and the Luddite
Novel exploring romance and class differences in early 19th-century Yorkshire.
Linden Salter, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LUDDITE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Luddite is used in the context of the following news items.
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We need to adapt capitalism to fit a robot-run future | VentureBeat …
... faster and more broadly than before, whereas I maintain that we are instead heading into a jobless future — a view he calls a luddite fallacy. «VentureBeat, Jul 15»
2
Do Cheaters Deserve to Have Their Lives Ruined? -- The Cut
Maybe you don't happen to trust Google or Facebook or any email program and you don't use apps and you're essentially a Luddite who gives ... «New York Magazine, Jul 15»
3
Hacking Ashley, Selling Sikorsky, Watching Apple & Other Must …
Those are the earmarks of mass appeal — appealing to techies is great, of course, but you really want to make Uncle Luddite a convert. «LinkedIn, Jul 15»
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Newslaundry – Robots Versus Make in India
The end-of-work argument has often been dismissed as the “Luddite fallacy,” an allusion to the 19th-century British brutes who smashed ... «Newslaundry, Jul 15»
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Weatherill open to GST increase talks - InDaily | Adelaide News
... solution (and negotiating the right outcome for SA) rather than being sucked into being a reform Luddite for the sake of short-term popularity. «InDaily, Jul 15»
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How To Control Your Children's Use Of Technology | Lifehacker …
On the technology side, so much of the writing around this is peppered with luddite thinking. Tech is confusing, therefore tech is bad. You don't ... «Lifehacker Australia, Jul 15»
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Rampell: Uber flouts the law | HeraldTribune.com
Anyone expressing skepticism about Uber's motives and promises is, predictably, cast as a Luddite or a lackey of Big Taxi. But consumers are ... «Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Jul 15»
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Living in the plastic period | Clarence Valley Daily Examiner
Unless you're a fundamentalist luddite or living in a time capsule from 1788 chances are it's in more places than you thought. My earliest ... «Clarence Valley Daily Examiner, Jul 15»
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The Statesman: Beware! The robot is coming
... was reproduced by several Asian newspapers as well as some Western websites, where some critics promptly slammed me as a Luddite. «The Statesman, Jul 15»
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Overwhelmed by a tech-obsessed world? Try unplugging
Speaking to a diverse audience of more than 100 employees at SAP's Dublin campus, Iyer explained he's neither a tech guru nor a Luddite. «Monterey County Herald, Jul 15»

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