Ludditeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Named after Ned Ludd, a legendary example, +‎ -ite.

発音

• ハイフネーション: Lud‧dite
• (英国発音, 米国発音) enPR: lŭdʹīt, IPA^(key): /ˈlʌ.daɪt/, /ˈlʌ.ɾaɪt/
• (Canada, 米国発音) IPA^(key): [ˈlʌ.ɾʌit]

名詞

Luddite (複数形 Luddites)

1. (historical) Any of a group of early-19th-century English textile workers who destroyed machinery because it would harm their livelihood.
2. (by extension, often derogatory) Someone who opposes technological change.
   • 2012 October 24, David Leonhardt, “Standard of Living Is in the Shadows as Election Issue”, in The New York Times‎^[1], ISSN 0362-4331:

     [Benjamin Friedman] added, "How long does it take the Luddites to be wrong — a few years, a decade, a couple of decades?" Perhaps just as important, what happens to the workers who happen to be living during a time when the Luddite argument has some truth to it?

3. (by extension, casual) One who lives among nature, forsaking technology.

派生語

• neo-Luddism
• neo-Luddite