Luddismn.
/ˈlʌdɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈləˌdɪzəm/ a. The practices of the Luddites.
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society > occupation and work > working > labour relations > [noun] > Ludditism
Luddism1813
Ludditism1830
1813 Ann. Reg. 1812 Chron. 115/1 Several persons have been apprehended [at Huddersfield] on various charges of Luddism.
1817 Ann. Reg. 79 That atrocious system of combination, outrage, and hired assassination, which has prevailed in some of the midland counties, under the name of Luddism.
1893 Athenæum 5 Aug. 189/1 Her family on both sides had lived in the thick of Luddism.
b. Also luddism. More generally, intense dislike of or opposition to technological innovation.
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society > occupation and work > work > attitudes to work > [noun]
solidarity1885
work-shyness1904
ergophobia1905
technophobia1947
technomania1948
work-mindedness1951
Luddism1967
workaholism1968
Ludditism1971
the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > maintaining state or condition > [noun] > resistance to change
reservancy1630
Toryism1786
unprogressiveness1829
conservatism1832
fossilism1861
stand-pattism1903
passéism1943
Luddism1967
Ludditism1971
1967 Sunday Times 16 Apr. 24 Systems men are just as susceptible to Luddism as anyone else.
1986 Times 22 Apr. 13/2 The NUJ's warning to the luddism of the print unions.
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