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Verb: wirehead  'wI(-u)r,hed
  1. Artificially stimulate the brain's pleasure centres directly, bypassing natural sources of pleasure or satisfaction
    "In the deep utopia, people could choose to wirehead themselves into a state of constant bliss"
Noun: wirehead  'wI(-u)r,hed
  1. A person who engages in wireheading
    "Some feared that in utopia, everyone would become wireheads seeking only artificial pleasure"

Derived forms: wireheads, wireheading, wireheaded

Encyclopedia: Wirehead