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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Self-awareness and environmental control, such as avoiding high-risk settings or peer pressure, can also preventing binging.
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Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
There was peer pressure; a gun felt like a necessity to protect yourself from gang wars.
—Mark Temnycky, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
As the flowers cause a decline in his friends’ health and well-being, Benny must learn to navigate peer pressure and ask adults for help.
—Calista Oetama, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2025
That admission gave me the opportunity to dialogue with the student about why stealing is wrong, how serious the repercussions could be, and how peer pressure has the power to get children to do all kinds of things that can get them into a world of trouble … or worse.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 15 May 2025
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Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
There was peer pressure; a gun felt like a necessity to protect yourself from gang wars.
—Mark Temnycky, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
As the flowers cause a decline in his friends’ health and well-being, Benny must learn to navigate peer pressure and ask adults for help.
—Calista Oetama, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2025
That admission gave me the opportunity to dialogue with the student about why stealing is wrong, how serious the repercussions could be, and how peer pressure has the power to get children to do all kinds of things that can get them into a world of trouble … or worse.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 15 May 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 21 Jul. 2025.
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