Antimachinist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Antimachinist is a noun meaning Someone who is hostile to machinery; a Luddite.
Meaning
Someone who is hostile to machinery; a Luddite.
More Meanings
- (politics) An opponent of a political machine
Example Sentences
Perhaps this distraction was perversely comforting for a dyed-in-the-wool antimachinist like Orr, a sense of continuity at a time of great emotional confusion.
The uprising of the antimachinists got under way and went on to a victorious end. It was, however, a victory marred by agonizing controversies as to where to draw the line between machines slated for destruction and the ones to be kept.
Word Forms
- antimachinists
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include luddite, neo-luddite, antimechanist, technoluddite, mechanophobe, antimotorist.
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