Luddite

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• UK, US: lŭdʹīt
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• UK, US: /ˈlʌ.daɪt/
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• US: [ˈlʌ.ɾaɪt]
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• Canada: [ˈlʌ.ɾʌit]
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Named after Ned Ludd, a legendary 18th century example, + -ite. The surname is uncommon and of uncertain origin, but compare Old English hlud (“loud, famous”).

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: ludita — 19th-century textile worker who destroyed machinery
• Finnish: luddiitti — 19th-century textile worker who destroyed machinery
• French: luddite — 19th-century textile worker who destroyed machinery
• German: Luddit — 19th-century textile worker who destroyed machinery
• German: Maschinenstürmer — 19th-century textile worker who destroyed machinery
• German: Maschinenstürmerin — 19th-century textile worker who destroyed machinery
• Hindi: लडवादी (laḍvādī) — 19th-century textile worker who destroyed machinery
• Italian: luddista — 19th-century textile worker who destroyed machinery
• Japanese: ラッダイト (raddaito) — 19th-century textile worker who destroyed machinery
• Norwegian Bokmål: ludditt — 19th-century textile worker who destroyed machinery
• Polish: luddysta — 19th-century textile worker who destroyed machinery
• Portuguese: ludista — 19th-century textile worker who destroyed machinery
• Russian: лудди́т (luddít) — 19th-century textile worker who destroyed machinery
• Spanish: ludista — 19th-century textile worker who destroyed machinery
• Spanish: ludita — 19th-century textile worker who destroyed machinery
• Spanish: luddita — 19th-century textile worker who destroyed machinery
• Swedish: luddit — 19th-century textile worker who destroyed machinery
• Swedish: maskinstormare — 19th-century textile worker who destroyed machinery
• Turkish: luddist — 19th-century textile worker who destroyed machinery
• Czech: ludita — one opposing technological change
• Danish: maskinstormer — one opposing technological change
• Danish: luddit — one opposing technological change
• Finnish: luddiitti — one opposing technological change
• French: luddiste — one opposing technological change
• German: Maschinenstürmer — one opposing technological change
• German: Maschinenstürmerin — one opposing technological change
• Hindi: लडवादी (laḍvādī) — one opposing technological change
• Hungarian: luddita — one opposing technological change
• Italian: luddista — one opposing technological change
• Italian: neoluddista — one opposing technological change
• Norwegian Bokmål: ludditt — one opposing technological change
• Norwegian Bokmål: teknologipessimist — one opposing technological change
• Polish: luddysta — one opposing technological change
• Portuguese: ludista — one opposing technological change
• Spanish: ludista — one opposing technological change
• Spanish: ludita — one opposing technological change
• Spanish: luddita — one opposing technological change
• Spanish: inmovilista — one opposing technological change
• Swedish: bakåtsträvare — one opposing technological change
• Swedish: luddit — one opposing technological change
• Swedish: maskinstormare — one opposing technological change