Definition of kneeâjerk. : readily predictable : automatic kneeâjerk reactions; also, disapproving : reacting in a readily predictable way The man was such a bleeding-heart knee-jerk liberal that you could predict the rest of the column after reading the first sentence. â Andrew M. Greeley.
And if the name is as old as Women's Liberation, the problem is at least as old, if not older. Horizontal hostility is a form of power-as-domination between and among women. the most appropriate context for discussing it is in terms of relations of power among women. values, attitudes and behaviours and never behave badly towards other women. important to keep in mind the main enemy, i.e. male domination.
1 According to the media, people nationwide have developed an offbeat mentality characterized by inveterate hostility to the rich. 2  Every administration, that is, until this one, which from its first days has made clear its inveterate hostility to arms control. Every administration, that is, until this one, which from its first days has made clear its inveterate hostility to arms control. 2  The three have a lot in common with each other in their inveterate hatred of that ethnic group.