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Inducement or influence by one's peers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
- 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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To induce or influence one's peers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, transitive
Examples
- He was peer-pressured into taking drugs.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
From peer + pressure. First use appears c. 1957 in the publications of Ruth Strang.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
同儕壓力 /同侪压力
(tóngchái yālì)
— inducement by one's peers
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Dutch:
groepsdruk
— inducement by one's peers
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Finnish:
ryhmäpaine
— inducement by one's peers
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French:
pression des pairs
— inducement by one's peers
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French:
pression sociale
— inducement by one's peers
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Georgian:
თანატოლთა ზეწოლა
(tanaṭolta zec̣ola)
— inducement by one's peers
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German:
Gruppenzwang
— inducement by one's peers
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Hungarian:
csoportnyomás
— inducement by one's peers
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Icelandic:
hópþrýstingur
— inducement by one's peers
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Japanese:
同調圧力
(dōchōatsuryoku)
— inducement by one's peers
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Polish:
presja rówieśnicza
— inducement by one's peers
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Spanish:
presión de los pares
— inducement by one's peers
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Spanish:
presión social
— inducement by one's peers
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Spanish:
presión de parte de los congéneres
— inducement by one's peers
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Spanish:
presión de parte de los coetáneos
— inducement by one's peers
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Swedish:
grupptryck
— inducement by one's peers
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Turkish:
mahalle baskisi
— inducement by one's peers
