luddites
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Noun
- Any opponent of technological progress
- One of the 19th century english workmen who destroyed laborsaving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment
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| 1 | limits | 2 | 41 |
| 2 | planets | 2 | 22 |
| 3 | clients | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | client's | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | ailments | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | albright's | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | closets | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | lorenz | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | playmates | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | clients' | 2 | 1 |
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| 13 | elicits | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | lawsuits | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | planet's | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | playwrights | 2 | 1 |
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| 36 | lubitz | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | ludites | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | plaudits | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | playwright's | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | plummets | 2 | 0 |
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| 1 | ladies | 2 | 28 |
| 2 | buddies | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | suites | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | liters | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | oddities | 3 | 1 |
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| 8 | ludites | 2 | 0 |
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| 11 | lutes | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | lites | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | plaudits | 2 | 0 |
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| 15 | liquidities | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | ludtke | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | ludden | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | lucite | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | huddie | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | flutes | 1 | 0 |
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Definitions: 2
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 40
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
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📰 This Word in the News:
Radical Past Revisited: Huddersfield to Host 2026 Luddite Memorial Lecture on Joshua Hobson
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Apr 24, 2026 American Enterprise Institute - AEI
Apr 24, 2026 American Enterprise Institute - AEI
The Original Luddites Raged Against the Machine of the Industrial Revolution
Jan 4, 2019 History.com
Jan 4, 2019 History.com