Definition of "hardwired" []

• Designed to perform a specific task. (adjective)
• Of devices, closely or tightly coupled. (adjective)
• Having a fixed placement (on a screen format for example.) (adjective)
• Not changeable. (adjective)
• In humans and animals, genetically determined, instinctive behavior, as opposed to learned behavior. (adjective)

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• "I stopped reading after "hard working families"... it's a phrase hardwired into my brain to make it stop listening when someone lapses into politician-speak."
• "Societies have historically rebelled against extremes of inequality, and recent studies have even suggested that the human brain is "hardwired" to dislike inequity."
• "The flip side of this "hardwired" concept of what is fair is what happens when a previously oppressed or cheated person or group of people find themselves in charge."