Definition of Luddite in English:

Luddite

noun ˈlʌdʌɪtˈlədˌaɪt

1A member of any of the bands of English workers who destroyed machinery, especially in cotton and woollen mills, which they believed was threatening their jobs (1811–16).
勒德分子（1811-1816，因认为机器生产会威胁其就业机会而破坏机器的工人，尤指棉毛纺织业工人）
Example sentencesExamples
- One of the points he touched on was how the design of mill buildings changed with the advent of the Luddites and machine-wreckers of the early nineteenth century.
- However, Greece's far left and far right are minority movements fighting a rearguard and futile battle, not unlike the Luddites who in centuries past quixotically battled industrialization.
- This became an organised uprising, known as the Luddite rebellion.
- Offshoring to cheaper labor locations is just a step short of automating jobs - and the responses from protectionists seem similar to those of Luddites from years past.
- Beginning with the Luddites, who smashed machinery in British textile mills in the 1810s, she traces literary, artistic and philosophical expressions of antitechnological thought up to the present.
- Of course, the historical Luddites were neither childish nor naive.
- To escape from this Luddite movement, three Nottingham craftsmen managed to smuggle their lace machines out of England and establish a machine-made lace trade in the northern port town of Calais, France.
- The smashing of machinery, the so-called Luddite movement in which the struggles of the working class first were manifested, appeared initially in England in the 1770s.
- People should go after these awful voting machines like the Luddites went after automated weaving machines: with sledgehammers.
- Byron's only speech to the House of Lords was a defence of the Luddite rebels.
- The Luddites and other pockets of citizens took that path.
- Perceval, the only British Prime Minister ever to be assassinated, was known for his repression of the Luddites, so maybe his descendant was following in his footsteps to some extent.
- The Luddites of the years 1811-16, though chiefly concerned with machine-breaking, were thought to have a political dimension, and required an army of spies, informers, and troops to contain and transport them.
- Eventually the Luddite bands were tracked down and the reputed leaders executed or transported.
- Two centuries ago as industrialisation got underway, the former would have been Luddites, trashing factory machines; the latter the embryonic labour movement.
- In the early 19th-century, a large number of English mechanics banded together to begin a group known as the Luddites.
1. 1.1derogatory A person opposed to increased industrialization or new technology.
  反对进一步工业化的人，反对新科技的人
  a small-minded Luddite resisting progress
  心胸狭窄、反对进步的勒德分子。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Car historians have been tempted to interpret resistance to automobilism as anti-modernist, reactionary struggles by marginalised Luddites, fighting for a lost cause.
  These anti-sweatshop activists shouldn't simply be dismissed as Luddites.
  When people raise concerns about the headlong advance of science and technology they are inevitably ridiculed as Luddites who are trying to interfere with progress.
  If the government does not introduce services such as this business will continue to inch along the Luddite road of dial-up networking.
  After all of these years of friends teasing me for being a Luddite, it was heartening to discover that the machines were hated not only for the related job loses but also because they threatened a way of life.
  This Luddite, socialist Government is saying to people that they cannot undergo that procedure under its watch.
  There have unquestionably been Luddites in the Navy's senior ranks throughout its history, but there is great cost and risk in abandoning major military systems that have proven their worth.
  We are seeing nothing more than a Luddite approach to dealing with some serious issues.
  I accept the fact that the Australians have also had a somewhat Luddite approach to their regulatory regime in this particular instance.
  True believers dismiss this significant part of the population as Luddites.
  They are not Luddites or anti-developmentalist, and their sophisticated critiques rarely talk about monolithic neoliberal evils.
  Years of market reform in the 1980s and the 1990s have made this a very good-performing economy, but some Luddites in the House want to wind back that clock.
  They see barbaric, irrational isolationist Luddites bent on plunging an entire nation into darkness.
  And then dropping off in percentages, we have the late adopters and finally the Luddites, who still don't even have a VHS video player.
  Those Luddites opposite want to ignore what is happening in reality.
  Over time, however, the number of Luddites has shrunk.
  This is a good class; it's team taught by a humanities Luddite and a technology-worshipping engineer.
  Then there's the result of the French referendum on the European constitution, seen as thick-headed Luddites railing vainly against the modern world.
  However, here in North Yorkshire do we apply the Luddite mentality and return to the pitchfork and scythe?
  It is amusing - and sickening - that I have found myself accused of being a Luddite because I believe that an understanding of the power of delivery windows is critical to maximizing revenues.

Derivatives

Luddism

noun ˈlʌdɪz(ə)mˈləˌdɪzəm

These days, Luddism has been re-branded as the embodiment of a backwards and foolish resistance to change, but with the proper context taken into account, the Luddites' cause looks quite noble.
Example sentencesExamples
- And in that sense, it's Tolkien's Luddism that defines The Lord of the Rings as not allegorical but escapist, since it's an attempt to imagine England without the very things that made England possible.
- Finally, I resent the accusation of Luddism levelled at objectors.
- It is not Luddism or facile anti-capitalism that will protect us from the Big Brother of the future, but a ruthlessly critical attitude toward regulation, and a staunch defence of freedom.
- I learned to appreciate the plain people, the pastoral nature of south-central Pennsylvania and the allure of Luddism.

Ludditism

nounˈlʌdɪtɪz(ə)m

We will defend this humanistic approach from charges both of intellectual Ludditism and political conservatism.
Example sentencesExamples
- It's intellectual Ludditism of the most egregious kind.
- Religious protests such as these would nary warrant a mention normally, if not for a wave of religiously inspired Ludditism from an overzealous Vatican pressroom.
- How do we distinguish between prudent concerns and those premised merely upon Ludditism and junk science?
- Forms of Ludditism appeared in textile areas of Lombardy before the ‘Five Glorious Days,’ and anti-foreign feelings were expressed against Swiss companies in Salerno or, in September 1847, against porters from outside Livorno by its dock workers.

Origin

Perhaps named after Ned Lud, a participant in the destruction of machinery, + -ite¹.

Definition of Luddite in US English:

Luddite

nounˈlədˌītˈlədˌaɪt

1derogatory A person opposed to new technology or ways of working.
a small-minded Luddite resisting progress
心胸狭窄、反对进步的勒德分子。
I'm not a Luddite, after all I work with the Internet for my job
Example sentencesExamples
- It is amusing - and sickening - that I have found myself accused of being a Luddite because I believe that an understanding of the power of delivery windows is critical to maximizing revenues.
- If the government does not introduce services such as this business will continue to inch along the Luddite road of dial-up networking.
- Years of market reform in the 1980s and the 1990s have made this a very good-performing economy, but some Luddites in the House want to wind back that clock.
- When people raise concerns about the headlong advance of science and technology they are inevitably ridiculed as Luddites who are trying to interfere with progress.
- True believers dismiss this significant part of the population as Luddites.
- They see barbaric, irrational isolationist Luddites bent on plunging an entire nation into darkness.
- Car historians have been tempted to interpret resistance to automobilism as anti-modernist, reactionary struggles by marginalised Luddites, fighting for a lost cause.
- These anti-sweatshop activists shouldn't simply be dismissed as Luddites.
- This Luddite, socialist Government is saying to people that they cannot undergo that procedure under its watch.
- This is a good class; it's team taught by a humanities Luddite and a technology-worshipping engineer.
- Then there's the result of the French referendum on the European constitution, seen as thick-headed Luddites railing vainly against the modern world.
- Those Luddites opposite want to ignore what is happening in reality.
- After all of these years of friends teasing me for being a Luddite, it was heartening to discover that the machines were hated not only for the related job loses but also because they threatened a way of life.
- They are not Luddites or anti-developmentalist, and their sophisticated critiques rarely talk about monolithic neoliberal evils.
- We are seeing nothing more than a Luddite approach to dealing with some serious issues.
- I accept the fact that the Australians have also had a somewhat Luddite approach to their regulatory regime in this particular instance.
- Over time, however, the number of Luddites has shrunk.
- There have unquestionably been Luddites in the Navy's senior ranks throughout its history, but there is great cost and risk in abandoning major military systems that have proven their worth.
- However, here in North Yorkshire do we apply the Luddite mentality and return to the pitchfork and scythe?
- And then dropping off in percentages, we have the late adopters and finally the Luddites, who still don't even have a VHS video player.
2historical A member of any of the bands of English workers who destroyed machinery, especially in cotton and woolen mills, that they believed was threatening their jobs (1811–16).
勒德分子（1811-1816，因认为机器生产会威胁其就业机会而破坏机器的工人，尤指棉毛纺织业工人）
Example sentencesExamples
- However, Greece's far left and far right are minority movements fighting a rearguard and futile battle, not unlike the Luddites who in centuries past quixotically battled industrialization.
- People should go after these awful voting machines like the Luddites went after automated weaving machines: with sledgehammers.
- Two centuries ago as industrialisation got underway, the former would have been Luddites, trashing factory machines; the latter the embryonic labour movement.
- To escape from this Luddite movement, three Nottingham craftsmen managed to smuggle their lace machines out of England and establish a machine-made lace trade in the northern port town of Calais, France.
- Perceval, the only British Prime Minister ever to be assassinated, was known for his repression of the Luddites, so maybe his descendant was following in his footsteps to some extent.
- The Luddites and other pockets of citizens took that path.
- Byron's only speech to the House of Lords was a defence of the Luddite rebels.
- Eventually the Luddite bands were tracked down and the reputed leaders executed or transported.
- The smashing of machinery, the so-called Luddite movement in which the struggles of the working class first were manifested, appeared initially in England in the 1770s.
- Of course, the historical Luddites were neither childish nor naive.
- In the early 19th-century, a large number of English mechanics banded together to begin a group known as the Luddites.
- Beginning with the Luddites, who smashed machinery in British textile mills in the 1810s, she traces literary, artistic and philosophical expressions of antitechnological thought up to the present.
- This became an organised uprising, known as the Luddite rebellion.
- One of the points he touched on was how the design of mill buildings changed with the advent of the Luddites and machine-wreckers of the early nineteenth century.
- The Luddites of the years 1811-16, though chiefly concerned with machine-breaking, were thought to have a political dimension, and required an army of spies, informers, and troops to contain and transport them.
- Offshoring to cheaper labor locations is just a step short of automating jobs - and the responses from protectionists seem similar to those of Luddites from years past.

adjectiveˈlədˌītˈlədˌaɪt

1derogatory Opposed to new technology or ways of working.
this bill is really a Luddite approach to science
there'll still be plenty of Luddite customers like me who are yet to embrace the future
2historical Denoting or relating to the 19th-century Luddites who destroyed machinery that they believed was threatening their jobs.
the Luddite movement
the Luddite outbreaks of 1812

Origin

Early 19th century: perhaps named after Ned Lud, a participant in the destruction of machinery, + -ite.

单词	Luddite
释义	Definition of Luddite in English: Luddite noun ˈlʌdʌɪtˈlədˌaɪt 1A member of any of the bands of English workers who destroyed machinery, especially in cotton and woollen mills, which they believed was threatening their jobs (1811–16). 勒德分子（1811-1816，因认为机器生产会威胁其就业机会而破坏机器的工人，尤指棉毛纺织业工人） Example sentencesExamples One of the points he touched on was how the design of mill buildings changed with the advent of the Luddites and machine-wreckers of the early nineteenth century. However, Greece's far left and far right are minority movements fighting a rearguard and futile battle, not unlike the Luddites who in centuries past quixotically battled industrialization. This became an organised uprising, known as the Luddite rebellion. Offshoring to cheaper labor locations is just a step short of automating jobs - and the responses from protectionists seem similar to those of Luddites from years past. Beginning with the Luddites, who smashed machinery in British textile mills in the 1810s, she traces literary, artistic and philosophical expressions of antitechnological thought up to the present. Of course, the historical Luddites were neither childish nor naive. To escape from this Luddite movement, three Nottingham craftsmen managed to smuggle their lace machines out of England and establish a machine-made lace trade in the northern port town of Calais, France. The smashing of machinery, the so-called Luddite movement in which the struggles of the working class first were manifested, appeared initially in England in the 1770s. People should go after these awful voting machines like the Luddites went after automated weaving machines: with sledgehammers. Byron's only speech to the House of Lords was a defence of the Luddite rebels. The Luddites and other pockets of citizens took that path. Perceval, the only British Prime Minister ever to be assassinated, was known for his repression of the Luddites, so maybe his descendant was following in his footsteps to some extent. The Luddites of the years 1811-16, though chiefly concerned with machine-breaking, were thought to have a political dimension, and required an army of spies, informers, and troops to contain and transport them. Eventually the Luddite bands were tracked down and the reputed leaders executed or transported. Two centuries ago as industrialisation got underway, the former would have been Luddites, trashing factory machines; the latter the embryonic labour movement. In the early 19th-century, a large number of English mechanics banded together to begin a group known as the Luddites. 1.1derogatory A person opposed to increased industrialization or new technology. 反对进一步工业化的人，反对新科技的人 a small-minded Luddite resisting progress 心胸狭窄、反对进步的勒德分子。 Example sentencesExamples Car historians have been tempted to interpret resistance to automobilism as anti-modernist, reactionary struggles by marginalised Luddites, fighting for a lost cause. These anti-sweatshop activists shouldn't simply be dismissed as Luddites. When people raise concerns about the headlong advance of science and technology they are inevitably ridiculed as Luddites who are trying to interfere with progress. If the government does not introduce services such as this business will continue to inch along the Luddite road of dial-up networking. After all of these years of friends teasing me for being a Luddite, it was heartening to discover that the machines were hated not only for the related job loses but also because they threatened a way of life. This Luddite, socialist Government is saying to people that they cannot undergo that procedure under its watch. There have unquestionably been Luddites in the Navy's senior ranks throughout its history, but there is great cost and risk in abandoning major military systems that have proven their worth. We are seeing nothing more than a Luddite approach to dealing with some serious issues. I accept the fact that the Australians have also had a somewhat Luddite approach to their regulatory regime in this particular instance. True believers dismiss this significant part of the population as Luddites. They are not Luddites or anti-developmentalist, and their sophisticated critiques rarely talk about monolithic neoliberal evils. Years of market reform in the 1980s and the 1990s have made this a very good-performing economy, but some Luddites in the House want to wind back that clock. They see barbaric, irrational isolationist Luddites bent on plunging an entire nation into darkness. And then dropping off in percentages, we have the late adopters and finally the Luddites, who still don't even have a VHS video player. Those Luddites opposite want to ignore what is happening in reality. Over time, however, the number of Luddites has shrunk. This is a good class; it's team taught by a humanities Luddite and a technology-worshipping engineer. Then there's the result of the French referendum on the European constitution, seen as thick-headed Luddites railing vainly against the modern world. However, here in North Yorkshire do we apply the Luddite mentality and return to the pitchfork and scythe? It is amusing - and sickening - that I have found myself accused of being a Luddite because I believe that an understanding of the power of delivery windows is critical to maximizing revenues. Derivatives Luddism noun ˈlʌdɪz(ə)mˈləˌdɪzəm These days, Luddism has been re-branded as the embodiment of a backwards and foolish resistance to change, but with the proper context taken into account, the Luddites' cause looks quite noble. Example sentencesExamples And in that sense, it's Tolkien's Luddism that defines The Lord of the Rings as not allegorical but escapist, since it's an attempt to imagine England without the very things that made England possible. Finally, I resent the accusation of Luddism levelled at objectors. It is not Luddism or facile anti-capitalism that will protect us from the Big Brother of the future, but a ruthlessly critical attitude toward regulation, and a staunch defence of freedom. I learned to appreciate the plain people, the pastoral nature of south-central Pennsylvania and the allure of Luddism. Ludditism nounˈlʌdɪtɪz(ə)m We will defend this humanistic approach from charges both of intellectual Ludditism and political conservatism. Example sentencesExamples It's intellectual Ludditism of the most egregious kind. Religious protests such as these would nary warrant a mention normally, if not for a wave of religiously inspired Ludditism from an overzealous Vatican pressroom. How do we distinguish between prudent concerns and those premised merely upon Ludditism and junk science? Forms of Ludditism appeared in textile areas of Lombardy before the ‘Five Glorious Days,’ and anti-foreign feelings were expressed against Swiss companies in Salerno or, in September 1847, against porters from outside Livorno by its dock workers. Origin Perhaps named after Ned Lud, a participant in the destruction of machinery, + -ite¹. Definition of Luddite in US English: Luddite nounˈlədˌītˈlədˌaɪt 1derogatory A person opposed to new technology or ways of working. a small-minded Luddite resisting progress 心胸狭窄、反对进步的勒德分子。 I'm not a Luddite, after all I work with the Internet for my job Example sentencesExamples It is amusing - and sickening - that I have found myself accused of being a Luddite because I believe that an understanding of the power of delivery windows is critical to maximizing revenues. If the government does not introduce services such as this business will continue to inch along the Luddite road of dial-up networking. Years of market reform in the 1980s and the 1990s have made this a very good-performing economy, but some Luddites in the House want to wind back that clock. When people raise concerns about the headlong advance of science and technology they are inevitably ridiculed as Luddites who are trying to interfere with progress. True believers dismiss this significant part of the population as Luddites. They see barbaric, irrational isolationist Luddites bent on plunging an entire nation into darkness. Car historians have been tempted to interpret resistance to automobilism as anti-modernist, reactionary struggles by marginalised Luddites, fighting for a lost cause. These anti-sweatshop activists shouldn't simply be dismissed as Luddites. This Luddite, socialist Government is saying to people that they cannot undergo that procedure under its watch. This is a good class; it's team taught by a humanities Luddite and a technology-worshipping engineer. Then there's the result of the French referendum on the European constitution, seen as thick-headed Luddites railing vainly against the modern world. Those Luddites opposite want to ignore what is happening in reality. After all of these years of friends teasing me for being a Luddite, it was heartening to discover that the machines were hated not only for the related job loses but also because they threatened a way of life. They are not Luddites or anti-developmentalist, and their sophisticated critiques rarely talk about monolithic neoliberal evils. We are seeing nothing more than a Luddite approach to dealing with some serious issues. I accept the fact that the Australians have also had a somewhat Luddite approach to their regulatory regime in this particular instance. Over time, however, the number of Luddites has shrunk. There have unquestionably been Luddites in the Navy's senior ranks throughout its history, but there is great cost and risk in abandoning major military systems that have proven their worth. However, here in North Yorkshire do we apply the Luddite mentality and return to the pitchfork and scythe? And then dropping off in percentages, we have the late adopters and finally the Luddites, who still don't even have a VHS video player. 2historical A member of any of the bands of English workers who destroyed machinery, especially in cotton and woolen mills, that they believed was threatening their jobs (1811–16). 勒德分子（1811-1816，因认为机器生产会威胁其就业机会而破坏机器的工人，尤指棉毛纺织业工人） Example sentencesExamples However, Greece's far left and far right are minority movements fighting a rearguard and futile battle, not unlike the Luddites who in centuries past quixotically battled industrialization. People should go after these awful voting machines like the Luddites went after automated weaving machines: with sledgehammers. Two centuries ago as industrialisation got underway, the former would have been Luddites, trashing factory machines; the latter the embryonic labour movement. To escape from this Luddite movement, three Nottingham craftsmen managed to smuggle their lace machines out of England and establish a machine-made lace trade in the northern port town of Calais, France. Perceval, the only British Prime Minister ever to be assassinated, was known for his repression of the Luddites, so maybe his descendant was following in his footsteps to some extent. The Luddites and other pockets of citizens took that path. Byron's only speech to the House of Lords was a defence of the Luddite rebels. Eventually the Luddite bands were tracked down and the reputed leaders executed or transported. The smashing of machinery, the so-called Luddite movement in which the struggles of the working class first were manifested, appeared initially in England in the 1770s. Of course, the historical Luddites were neither childish nor naive. In the early 19th-century, a large number of English mechanics banded together to begin a group known as the Luddites. Beginning with the Luddites, who smashed machinery in British textile mills in the 1810s, she traces literary, artistic and philosophical expressions of antitechnological thought up to the present. This became an organised uprising, known as the Luddite rebellion. One of the points he touched on was how the design of mill buildings changed with the advent of the Luddites and machine-wreckers of the early nineteenth century. The Luddites of the years 1811-16, though chiefly concerned with machine-breaking, were thought to have a political dimension, and required an army of spies, informers, and troops to contain and transport them. Offshoring to cheaper labor locations is just a step short of automating jobs - and the responses from protectionists seem similar to those of Luddites from years past. adjectiveˈlədˌītˈlədˌaɪt 1derogatory Opposed to new technology or ways of working. this bill is really a Luddite approach to science there'll still be plenty of Luddite customers like me who are yet to embrace the future 2historical Denoting or relating to the 19th-century Luddites who destroyed machinery that they believed was threatening their jobs. the Luddite movement the Luddite outbreaks of 1812 Origin Early 19th century: perhaps named after Ned Lud, a participant in the destruction of machinery, + -ite.
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