knee jerk Definition

knee-jerk reflex, patellar reflex, reflexive, reactionary, unthinking, irrational, reflex, overreaction, hasty, shortsighted, hysterical, myopic, idiotic, cynical, mindless, moronic, reactive, pavlovian, dismissive, simplistic, jingoistic, thoughtless, impulsive, dogmatic, panicky, defensiveness, unreflective, vehement, unthoughtful, herd instinct, boneheaded, defeatist, uncritical, predictable, brainless, unreasoned, rational, misguided, reactionism, blinkered, wrongheaded, politically correct, posturing, alarmist, flippant, craven, fatuous, reductio ad absurdum, fuddle, pandering, illogical, laissez faire, overreacting, demagoguery, pollyannaish, sensible, smacks, mealymouthed, substanceless, unenlightening, ahistorical, political correctness, tu quoque, hyperbolic, partitionist, claptrap, unwarranted, unwisdom, demagogical, nonsense, glib, scapegoating, superficial, hyperbole, sanctimonious, lemming, ethnocentric, speciesist, cavalier, obstreperousness, inane, exclusionist, nativist, blindly, nonsequitur, moralistic, illiberal, hypocritical, fatalist, subjectivism, wishful thinking, reacting, disingenuous, pusillanimous, conversative, meanspirited, foolish, wimpish, preemptive, gutless,