peer pressure
Gruppenzwang
Inducement or influence by one's peersInducement or influence by one's peers.
» Peer pressure never worked on Tom.
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1 senses(uncountable, 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.
Gruppenzwang
Examples
18 sentencesPeer pressure never worked on Tom.
Peer pressure is a powerful thing.
I blame this problem on peer pressure.
You need to learn to resist peer pressure.
deDu mußt lernen, dich Gruppenzwang zu widersetzen. — Waldelfe
Children need to be taught to resist peer pressure.
Translations
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By meaning 1
inducement by one's peers:
Origin
From peer + pressure. First use appears c. 1957 in the publications of Ruth Strang.From peer + pressure. First use appears c. 1957 in the publications of Ruth Strang.
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Forms
plural: peer pressures| Singular | peer pressure |
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uncountable
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable