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. James Clark:

   In every urban core you have the same mentality that is on display in St Louis right now. In St Louis, we have a human capital crisis where you have men, women, boys and girls who have not been cultivated to care, so, violence becomes a knee-jerk reaction.

2. Marlon Kimpson:

   This will not be done in a knee-jerk fashion, i'm going to be in focus groups with business leaders and talking to constituents. The massacre opened up an opportunity but to build a super majority will require a lot of work.

3. George Steinbrenner:

   I ’m aggravated, frustrated, angry, but again, that’s not going to push me into a knee-jerk reaction to get rid of somebody that I believe the players respect, want to play for, want to win for and overall has done a good job keeping that clubhouse together through this difficult three months.

4. Seema Shah:

   As the equity market is now fully pricing in a 50 basis point cut, market disappointment could be significant ... And if the Fed follows through with a cut despite a brighter trade outlook? Beyond the knee-jerk euphoria, expect minimal market reaction – this last scenario is exactly what the market is already expecting.

5. Jeremy Zirin:

   Given the higher level of volatility and frankly a little bit of disappointment in some of the economic data and corporate profit data this morning, it could just be more of a knee jerk reaction after we’ve had a very sharp rally.