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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Misoneism I like. #178114 07/10/2008 1:21 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA TheFallibleFiend veteran TheFallibleFiend veteran Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA Luddite refers to a person. Not sure if there's an adjectival form of it or a noun form that describes the mindset of a Luddite. Misoneism cover it, but Luddite refers to technology change and not to change in general. Conservative (ism) is a more neutral word, I think, to describe one who resists change, but without the underlying premise that the change is necessarily good. (Of course political baggage might make it a pejorative in some circles in the same way that liberal or progressive might be pejorative in others.) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Misoneism I like. TheFallibleFiend #178115 07/10/2008 2:48 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania I think Luddite could be easily used as an adjective, in for example, a Luddite mindset, which is what you could call the mindset of a Luddite. In fact doesn't the 'ite' ending indicate that it was probably originally an adjective that has been nouned? Who or what was a 'Ludd' anyway? As for a word for Luddite that doesn't have the same level of pejorativeness (pejorativity?) I guess technophobe (-ic) would still be slightly negative, as would reactionary. If you're accepting neologisms, how about neo-wary? Or perhaps you could find a word that emphasizes the positive aspect of wanting to hang on to what is good from the past, rather than being afraid of the future? Like a nostalgiaphile, or whatever the real word for that would be. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Misoneism I like. The Pook #178119 07/10/2008 5:10 PM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hydra addict Hydra addict Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Who or what was a 'Ludd' anyway? Wikipedia is your friend. Ned Ludd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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