luddite angl.

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Definition of luddite - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

technologie moderne

Rare

personne qui s'oppose aux nouvelles technologies ou innovations

Rare

Il est un vrai luddite qui refuse d'utiliser un smartphone.

technophobe

histoire anglaise

TECH.

ouvrier anglais du 19ème siècle qui détruisait les machines industrielles

TECH.

Les luddites ont brisé les métiers à tisser dans les usines.

Adjective

technologie

Rare

qui refuse les nouvelles technologies et préfère des méthodes traditionnelles

Rare

Ma tante a une attitude luddite face aux smartphones.

réfractaire

technophobe

histoire

TECH.

qui se rapporte aux ouvriers brisant des machines anglais

TECH.

La révolte luddite a marqué l'Angleterre industrielle.

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Origin of luddite

anglais, Luddites (nom d'un groupe opposé à la mécanisation)

Examples of luddite in a sentence

Certains luddites critiquent l'automatisation dans les usines.
Un luddite s’opposait à la mécanisation des ateliers.
Les luddites protestaient contre l’arrivée des nouvelles machines.
Son approche luddite le pousse à refuser tout paiement en ligne.
Certains professeurs restent luddite malgré les nouveaux outils numériques imposés.
Le mouvement ouvrier luddite s'opposait farouchement à la mécanisation des ateliers.

Certains historiens étudient la propagande luddite diffusée dans les manufactures.

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English:luddite, technology-averse, ...
German:Technikfeind, technikfeindlich, ...
Italian:luddista, antitecnologico, ...
Spanish:ludita, antitecnológico, ...
Portuguese:luddite, ludita, ...
Chinese:反科技者, 反技术的, ...
Japanese:ラッダイト, 新技術嫌いの, ...
Arabic:رافض للتكنولوجيا, رَافِضٌ لِلتِّقْنِيّاتِ الحَدِيثَةِ, ...
Hebrew:לוּדִּיט, אֲנְטִיטֶכְנוֹלוֹגִי, ...
Russian:луддит, технофобный, ...
Ukrainian:луддит, антитехнологічний, ...
Catalan:luddita, antitecnològic, ...
Danish:luddit, ludditisk, ...
Dutch:luddiet, ludditisch, ...
Greek:αντιδραστικός στις τεχνολογίες, λουδδίτικος, ...
Khmer:អ្នកប្រឆាំងបច្ចេកវិទ្យាថ្មី, បដិសេធបច្ចេកវិទ្យាថ្មី, ...
Korean:러다이트, 신기술 반대의, ...
Polish:luddyta, antytechnologiczny, ...
Portuguese (BR):ludita, avesso à tecnologia, ...
Romanian:ludit, reticent la tehnologie, ...
Swedish:luddite, luddistisk, ...
Thai:ลุดไดท์, ต่อต้านเทคโนโลยี, ...
Turkish:ludit, gelenekçi, ...
Vietnamese:người bài công nghệ, phản công nghệ, ...

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Definition of luddite - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

Adjective

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