Meaning of knee-jerking | Babel Free
Examples
“How much of the positive response was liberal knee-jerking to be forgotten the next day?”
“I think⟳ it was Haidt who used Kahneman’s two systems view⟳ to say⟳ that we quickly rise⟳ to judgments based on unconscious gut reads and then “reason⟳” to concoct or confabulate an after the fact justification for our “moral” kneejerking.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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