antimachinist

Noun

antimachinist (plural antimachinists)

1. Someone who is hostile to machinery; a Luddite
   • 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.1969, Stanley L. Jaki, Brain, Mind, and Computers, page 259
2. An opponent of a political machine
   • 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.1988 March 11, Gary Rivlin, “Seven Days as Mayor”, in Chicago Reader