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knee-jerk

knee-jerk


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. not thought through: given or occurring immediately and automatically, without thought, and usually expressing habitual attitude or prejudice
a knee-jerk opinion

2. reacting predictably: tending to respond in a predictable and often unthinking way to a situation
a knee-jerk political hack

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