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luddite

/ˈlʌdaɪt/

Translations

ludditenoun

luddites

/ˈlʌdaɪt/

ludditePersonne opposée aux nouvelles technologies ou au progrès industriel.

As a luddite, she refused to use a smartphone and preferred her old flip phone.

En tant que luddite, elle refusait d’utiliser un smartphone et préférait son vieux téléphone à clapet.

ludditeMembre des ouvriers anglais du début du XIXe siècle qui détruisaient des machines.

Historically, Luddites broke into textile mills to smash the new mechanical looms.

Historiquement, les luddites entraient dans les filatures pour briser les nouveaux métiers mécaniques.

Synonyms

ludditeadjective

more luddite

Comp.

most luddite

Super.

/ˈlʌdaɪt/

/ˈlʌˌdaɪt/

Used attributively to describe people, attitudes, or policies that resist new technology.

ludditeSe dit d’une attitude ou d’une position hostile aux nouvelles technologies ou au changement industriel.

The company’s luddite stance kept it from investing in cloud computing.

La position luddite de l’entreprise l’a empêchée d’investir dans le cloud computing.

Synonyms

ludditenoun

A person opposed to increased industrialization or new technology.

As a luddite, she refused to use a smartphone and preferred her old flip phone.

A member of the early-19th-century English workers who destroyed machinery that they believed threatened their jobs.

Historically, Luddites broke into textile mills to smash the new mechanical looms.

ludditeadjective

Opposed to, or slow to adopt, new technology or industrial change.

The company’s luddite stance kept it from investing in cloud computing.