Usually means: Opposers of technology, fearing change.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word Luddites:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. Luddites: Merriam-Webster
  2. Luddites: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Luddites: Vocabulary.com
  4. Luddites, luddites: Wordnik
  5. luddites: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. Luddites: Wiktionary
  7. Luddites: Dictionary.com
  8. Luddites: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Luddites: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  10. Luddites: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Luddites: bizterms.net

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Luddites: Encyclopedia

(Note: See luddite as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Luddite)

noun:  (historical) Any of a group of early-19th-century English textile workers who destroyed machinery because it would harm their livelihood.
noun:  (by extension, often derogatory) Someone who opposes technological change.
noun:  (by extension, casual) One who lives among nature, forsaking technology.
▸ Also see luddite


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