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a term describing a controlled environment or situation in which people act or behave in ways that conform to roles pre-determined by a powerful person(s) who decides how the world is supposed to function.
Living on or within a matrix may also be referred to as "on the grid", with greater flexibility and choice available to those who venture off-the-grid.
Living on or within a matrix may also be referred to as "on the grid", with greater flexibility and choice available to those who venture off-the-grid.
After years of living a boring life, working 9-to-5 on the East Coast matrix, he relocated to Portland, Oregon, where he traded his car for a bicycle and started earning a living with his acoustic guitar.
by D.S. Credito March 12, 2015
May 17 Word of the Day
Briefly, "the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own." Originally from the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, which has a lot more beautiful neologism definitions like this you might enjoy.
by rednos January 10, 2013
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computer-generated dream world built to keep us under control in order to change a human being into a battery.
by ^___^ December 02, 2003
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A rectangular array of numbers or expressions. The plural is 'matrices'. An n x m matrix has n rows and m columns.
Find the determinant of this matrix.
by moley November 07, 2003
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a massive computer program used in a movie of the same title, serving the purpose of controlling the human race, ironically not that far from the truth...
by Orion January 15, 2004
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computer-generated dream world built to keep us under control in order to change a human being into a battery.
by ^___^ December 02, 2003