Opposition to or resistance against the process of mechanizing or automating work, production, or society.
From anti- (against) + mechanization (from mechanic + -ization). The term gained prominence during Industrial Revolution labor movements resisting machine automation.
The Luddites weren't anti-technology: they were the first major antimechanization movement, arguing that machines shouldn't destroy skilled workers' livelihoods—a debate we're still having with AI today.
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