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matrix defense

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.01 in modern English

Syllables
ma-trix de-fense
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A legal defense in which the defendant claims to have committed a crime in the belief that they were not in the real world, but in a simulated reality.

American usage

Example Sentences

Etymology

From the plot of the film The Matrix (1999), whose protagonist is woken from an illusionary simulated world into the dystopian reality.

Usage

Inflected Forms

the Matrix defense (canonical)

Questions

What does matrix defense mean?
A legal defense in which the defendant claims to have committed a crime in the belief that they were not in the real world, but in a simulated reality.
Where does matrix defense come from?
From the plot of the film The Matrix (1999), whose protagonist is woken from an illusionary simulated world into the dystopian reality.

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