luddite
CEFR: C2
A member of 19th-century textile bands who destroyed machinery, or anyone vehemently opposed to technological innovation.
Synonyms
- anti-technologist
- technophobe
Common Collocations
- Luddite protests
- labelled a Luddite
- Luddite resistance
Example Sentence
The historical Luddite movement was fundamentally a labor dispute over wage suppression rather than irrational technophobia.