Luddite
Example Sentences
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White’s journalist is a Luddite who would rather be late to his own job interview than use Google Maps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
My dad is pretty hip to tech, but my mom has always been a proud Luddite.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
“I’ve lived most of my life as a futurist, and I don’t hate technology. I’m certainly no Luddite — but I’ve had a lot of the hope sucked out of me in the post-COVID years.”
From MarketWatch ● May 23, 2026
The Luddite movement, which predated the Swing Riots, was led by textile workers convinced that power-operated looms would permanently impoverish the middle class.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
Here and there a Luddite holdout refuses to open an email account, just as thousands of years ago some human bands refused to take up farming and so escaped the luxury trap.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
