Word of the Week #6

Luddite

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"Students Create anti-Binge Drinking Game... But Still Face Luddite Criticism"

Definitions

noun

1. Any of a group of British workers who between 1811 and 1816 rioted and destroyed laborsaving textile machinery in the belief that such machinery would diminish employment

2. One who opposes technical or technological change

3. Any opponent of technological progress

Applicable Definitions

1. One who opposes technical or technological change

2. Any opponent of technological progress

Sentence

Luddites were extremely opposed to the invention and popularization of the internet.