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luddite
(encz) | luddite,někdo komu vadí technologický pokrok Pavel Machek |
Luddite
(gcide) | Luddite \Lud"dite\, n.
One of a number of riotous persons in England, who for six
years (1811-17) tried to prevent the use of labor-saving
machinery by breaking it, burning factories, etc.; -- so
called from Ned Lud, a half-witted man who some years
previously had broken stocking frames. --J. & H. Smith. --H.
Martineau.
[1913 Webster] |
luddite
(wn) | Luddite
n 1: any opponent of technological progress
2: one of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed
laborsaving machinery that they thought would cause
unemployment |
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Luddite
(gcide) | Luddite \Lud"dite\, n.
One of a number of riotous persons in England, who for six
years (1811-17) tried to prevent the use of labor-saving
machinery by breaking it, burning factories, etc.; -- so
called from Ned Lud, a half-witted man who some years
previously had broken stocking frames. --J. & H. Smith. --H.
Martineau.
[1913 Webster] |
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