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knee-jerk adjective

  • Unthinking, not carefully considered, (nearly) automatic, spontaneous, easily predictable.
 impulsivo, visceral

knee-jerk noun

  • A sudden reflexive movement of the leg below the knee, as a reaction to a tap to the tendon just below the patella (kneecap).
 reflejo rotuliano
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