English Explanatory Dictionary

peer pressure

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Inducement or influence by one's peers.
verb
  1. To induce or influence one's peers.

Word forms

peer pressure peer pressures peer pressuring peer pressured

Etymology

From peer + pressure. First use appears c. 1957 in the publications of Ruth Strang.

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