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. Fernando Bermudez:

   I don't think citizens want the death penalty anymore or a moratorium. Now, it's a matter of dismantling the system so it can not come back and function in a knee jerk reaction where 13 people can get executed like under Trump, president Biden can not continue that legacy.

2. Antonio Culebras:

   We don't have this knee jerk reaction of giving a sleeping pill to everyone who suffers from insomnia, we try to determine why, and then we try to remove what's causing or perpetuating insomnia.

3. Top Obama:

   There is this knee jerk sense on the part of some of the foreign policy establishment that shooting first and thinking about it second projects strength. I disagree with that.

4. Matter NYC founder Joseph Imperatrice:

   In my 16 year career as an officer Founder of BLUE LIVES MATTER-NYC, I have never seen nor imagined we would be living in a time where criminals are justified for their actions and officers are continuously bashed and blamed. Defunding the police, knee jerk reactions to passing bills such as Bail Reform, The Diaphragm Bill, and the ending of Qualified immunity are sending a direct message to criminals that they can basically do whatever they want and they will get away with it.

5. Matt Smith:

   This is a knee-jerk reaction given that Bolton has been so adversarial with Iran, with his removal, there is an expectation there won't be as much vehemence in the tit-for-tat with Iran.