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Definition of knee-jerk adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

knee-jerk

adjective

/ˈniː dʒɜːk/

/ˈniː dʒɜːrk/

[only before noun] (disapproving)

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produced in reaction to something, without any serious thought
- It was a knee-jerk reaction on her part.
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Knee-jerk is used with these nouns:
decision
reaction
rejection
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