Meaning of knee-jerk | Babel Free
Definitions
Unthinking, not carefully considered, (nearly) automatic, spontaneous, easily predictable.
Equivalents
Examples
“He gave a knee-jerk response.”
“There were knee-jerk demands from trade unions for immediate withdrawal of all HSTs; these were wrong-headed.”
“The knee-jerk reaction is further evidence of just how panicked investors are about the stability of the global financial system after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank last week.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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