Synonyms for knee jerk
knee jerk

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1. knee jerk, knee-jerk reflex, patellar reflexnoun

   a reflex extension of the leg resulting from a sharp tap on the patellar tendon

   Synonyms:
   knee-jerk reflex, patellar reflex

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1. • Reflex

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1. Cristian Maggio:

   The market was surprised by the result, so there was a strong knee-jerk reaction yesterday, but it has adjusted for the surprise now.

2. Ken Trump:

   The message is really simple and it has been since before Nashville, one of the worst times to make knee jerk policy and administrative actions is after a high profile incident like this when you’re in a highly emotional state.

3. Director Chris Rogers:

   We've been planning for some time to look at the pay rates because we think it's really important our team share in the success of our business, it's not a knee-jerk reaction.

4. Phil Orlando:

   The knee-jerk reaction on the Fed lift-off is negative, we think the Fed lift-off is a positive for the economy and stocks, because it means the Fed is rubber-stamping the fact they truly believe the economy is strong enough.

5. Filmmaker Leslee Udwin:

   Those early, hysterical, knee-jerk reactions in India were from people who had not seen the film. There was no copy of the film at that point.