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Luddite

noun as in someone resistant to new technologies

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Or, they could distort the contents of the bill and attack anyone who disagreed with them as a legal Luddite and hysteric.

Even my mother, a kitchen luddite, has been converted from wood.

Though I have a reputation for being a Luddite, I actually love the new digital technology and its artistic possibilities.

They have a weirdly jubilant streak that defuses any hint of a Luddite subtext.

And embrace your inner Luddite, whenever possible unplugging any gadget invented after 1932.

Still the Luddite Riots must not be forgotten, for, at one time, they threatened to be somewhat serious.

After this wholesale act of severity the Luddite disturbances soon came to an end.

During the autumn and winter of 1811 "Luddite" riots broke out among the stocking-weavers of Nottingham.

Not unnaturally, without work and without food, these handworkers The Luddite riots.

Anyhow from that time the Luddite conspiracy ceased to be formidable.

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On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to Luddite, such as: neophobe, technophobe, atavism, caveman, computerphobe, and throwback.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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