antimachinistEtymologyFrom anti- + machine + -ist.nounSomeone 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.”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.”