peer pressure
verbEtymology From peer + pressure. First use appears c. 1957 in the publications of Ruth Strang.
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Informal To induce or influence one's peers.
- He was peer-pressured into taking drugs.
peer pressure
nounEtymology From peer + pressure. First use appears c. 1957 in the publications of Ruth Strang.
1
Usually Inducement or influence by one's peers.
- She vowed to give up drinking during the exam period, but eventually succumbed to peer pressure and was out drinking with her friends within a week of the resolution.
- A successful response uses social forces such as peer pressure and altruism to help people adapt to changing circumstances. It delivers messages and support that promote self-reliance rather than encourage people to fall back on stressed state support.2020 April 9, Ian Boyd, “We practised for a pandemic, but didn’t brace”, in Nature, volume 580, number 7802, page 9: