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Definition Luddite in British English

Luddite noun

[countable] noun
/ˈlʌdaɪt/

From the name given to workers in 19th-century Britain who destroyed machines in factories as a protest against modern working methods.

1

someone who does not like new technology and who tries to avoid using it

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Definition Luddite in British English