Words and phrases that have a meaning related to knee jerk: (105 results)
Often used in the same context:
reflexive, reactionary, unthinking, irrational, unreasoned, rational, hasty, misguided, shortsighted, reactionism, blinkered, reflex, myopic, wrongheaded, politically correct, pavlovian, posturing, reactive, alarmist, simplistic, cynical, idiotic, flippant, hysterical, craven, jingoistic, dogmatic, fatuous, mindless, reductio ad absurdum, overreaction, unreflective, fuddle, pandering, moronic, illogical, laissez faire, unthoughtful, overreacting, dismissive, demagoguery, pollyannaish, defensiveness, sensible, panicky, smacks, mealymouthed, substanceless, unenlightening, ahistorical, political correctness, tu quoque, defeatist, hyperbolic, partitionist, claptrap, unwarranted, unwisdom, demagogical, nonsense, boneheaded, glib, impulsive, scapegoating, superficial, vehement, hyperbole, sanctimonious, lemming, ethnocentric, speciesist, cavalier, herd instinct, obstreperousness, inane, thoughtless, exclusionist, nativist, blindly, predictable, nonsequitur, moralistic, illiberal, hypocritical, fatalist, subjectivism, wishful thinking, brainless, reacting, disingenuous, pusillanimous, conversative, meanspirited, foolish, wimpish, preemptive, gutless, copout, uncritical, faddish, paternalistic, underreact
More general:
physiological reaction
Synonyms:
Also try:knee-jerk reflex, patellar reflex
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