hardwired

1. In computer jargon, a circuit is hardwired if it is built to perform a specific function and requires no outside instructions or program.

“Hardwired” is often used loosely to refer to functions that are innate and unlearned in living systems: “The ability to perceive objects in a certain way appears to be hardwired into the brains of mammals.”

Example Sentences

"Secrecy and evasion are hardwired into this SNP government, so the Scottish people will not be duped into thinking one overdue concession marks a change in culture."

From BBC

Labour MP Jeevun Sandher, a member of Westminster's Treasury Committee, complained of its "hardwired London bias" in April.

From BBC

As a warm-blooded millennial woman who spent much of the early aughts roaming the expanses of suburban Ohio shopping malls, I have been hardwired to love a bargain.

From Slate

It also encourages clinicians, intentionally or otherwise, to abuse autistic people for displaying traits that are hardwired into their neurology.

From Salon

But the grip negative content has on human psychology is something that is hardwired into us, according to Dr William Brady, who studies how the brain interacts with new technologies.

From BBC