# Matrix defense

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. 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.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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