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What is a Luddite?

What is a Luddite? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any of a group of early 19th-century English textile workers who destroyed machinery because it would harm their livelihood.
  2. (pejorative) Someone who opposes technological change.
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He has a cranky Luddite streak, and he may be amplifying it for comic effect.
This Luddite, socialist Government is saying to people that they cannot undergo that procedure under its watch.
Byron's only speech to the House of Lords was a defence of the Luddite rebels.
If the government does not introduce services such as this business will continue to inch along the Luddite road of dial-up networking.
Eventually the Luddite bands were tracked down and the reputed leaders executed or transported.
Even the most arrhythmic Luddite has to cheer up when suddenly confronted with the Dr Who theme.

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