Matrix

proper nouncommon in dialogue

A simulated reality to which many humans are connected. In some works created by sentient machines to subdue humans.

proper noun

1
A simulated reality to which many humans are connected. In some works created by sentient machines to subdue humans.
Now some folks want to claim that we're in the Matrix right now (or that the physical world is an illusion).
2017, Chuck Lorre Productions #557 (post-episode text), "The Recollection Dissipation", The Big Bang Theory Recent events have made it abundantly clear that the fabric of the universe is unraveling. Reality as you know it, the matrix if you will, is dissolving.
2
figurativeA social institution or apparatus perceived as largely deceptive or illusory.
They claimed that Paraguay’s accommodating immigration laws have proved attractive to Germans who want to “escape the matrix” and flee the “deep state and one world order”.

Etymology

From the 1984 novel Neuromancer and popularized in the 1999 movie The Matrix. See matrix for further etymology.

mating · Fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug…matrimony · Marriage; the state of being married.matrix · The cavity or mold in which anything is formed.

Matrix · A simulated reality to which many humans are connected. In some works created by sentient machines to subdue humans.

matron · A mature or elderly woman, especially one of a higher social…Matt · A diminutive of the male given name Matthew.matter · Material; substance. Anything with mass and volume.

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