Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

knee-jerkism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: knee--jerk-ism
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Knee-jerk behavior.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Not every rock dinosaur reacted with such ill-conceived knee-jerkism."

Etymology

From knee-jerk + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: knee-jerk

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does knee-jerkism mean?: Knee-jerk behavior.
Where does knee-jerkism come from?: From knee-jerk + -ism.

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