Usually means: Opposes new technology or innovation.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word luddite:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. luddite: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Luddite: Merriam-Webster
  3. Luddite: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. Luddite: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. Luddite: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Luddite: Vocabulary.com
  7. Luddite, luddite: Wordnik
  8. Luddite, luddite: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Luddite: Wiktionary
  10. Luddite: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. Luddite: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. Luddite: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Luddite, luddite: Dictionary.com
  14. Luddite: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Luddite (EP), Luddite: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Luddite: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. luddite: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. Luddite: Rhymezone
  19. Luddite, luddite (m/f): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. luddite: FreeDictionary.org
  21. luddite: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. Luddite: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. Luddite: Merriam-Webster

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Luddite: Webster's New World Finance & Investment Dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. luddite: Netlingo
  2. Luddite: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sociology (No longer online)
  2. luddite: A Word A Day
  3. Luddite: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. luddite: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Luddite: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary

(Note: See luddites 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.

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