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Luddism en · NOUN

Etymology

From Ludd + -ism, after Ned Ludd, a legendary example.

Meanings

  1. (historical, uncountable) Opposition to the Industrial Revolution by textile workers fearing for their livelihoods.
  2. (broadly, derogatory, uncountable) Opposition to technological change.
    • He walks over to the wine crates holding the LPs, gets infuriated with the brutal Luddism of any man who still deals in vinyl and needle. 2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 134:

Relateds

neo-Luddism · Luddite

Translations (5)

it luddismo (opposition to technological change) · it neoluddismo (opposition to technological change) · pt ludismo (opposition to technological change) · it luddismo (opposition to the Industrial Revolution by textile workers) · pt ludismo (opposition to the Industrial Revolution by textile workers)