If you refer to someone as a Luddite, you are criticizing them for opposing changes in industrial methods, especially the introduction of new machines and modern methods.
[disapproval]
The majority have a built-in Luddite mentality; they are resistant to change.
Luddite in British English
(ˈlʌdaɪt)
noun English history
1.
any of the textile workers opposed to mechanization who rioted and organized machine-breaking between 1811 and 1816
2.
any opponent of industrial change or innovation
adjective
3.
of or relating to the Luddites
Derived forms
Luddism (ˈLuddism)
noun
Word origin
C19: alleged to be named after Ned Ludd, an 18th-century Leicestershire workman, who destroyed industrial machinery
Luddite in American English
(ˈlʌdait)
noun
a member of any of various bands of workers in England (1811–16) organized to destroy manufacturing machinery, under the belief that its use diminished employment
Derived forms
LuddismLudditism
noun
Word origin
[1805–15; after Ned Ludd, 18th-century Leicestershire worker who originated the idea; see -ite1]
Examples of 'Luddite' in a sentence
Luddite
The majority have a built-in Luddite mentality, resistant to change.