peer pressure
noun
: a feeling that one must do the same things as other people of one's age and social group in order to be liked or respected by them
She started drinking in high school because of peer pressure.
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Because mixing peer pressure with a strict routine actually works.
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Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Aside from peer pressure, parents may not want to argue with their kids if tension over a smartphone is escalating.
—Katie Grant, Parents, 25 July 2025
Theo asked him to come clean to his parents, which Braxton admits to Cliff at the end of the episode, highlighting peer pressure.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 23 July 2025
Yet even that amount of peer pressure wasn’t enough to sway my opinion — a testament of how good that music was to me.
—Darian Sahanaja, Variety, 15 June 2025
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Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Aside from peer pressure, parents may not want to argue with their kids if tension over a smartphone is escalating.
—Katie Grant, Parents, 25 July 2025
Theo asked him to come clean to his parents, which Braxton admits to Cliff at the end of the episode, highlighting peer pressure.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 23 July 2025
Yet even that amount of peer pressure wasn’t enough to sway my opinion — a testament of how good that music was to me.
—Darian Sahanaja, Variety, 15 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for peer pressure
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“Peer pressure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peer%20pressure. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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