Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peer pressure

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.09 in modern English

Syllables: peer -pres-sure
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Inducement or influence by one's peers.

Uncountable

verb

To induce or influence one's peers.

Informal; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"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."
"A successful response uses social forces such as peer pressure and altruism to help people adapt to changing circumstances. It delivers messages and support that promote self-reliance rather than encourage people to fall back on stressed state support."
"He was peer-pressured into taking drugs."

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

peer pressures (plural) peer pressures (present, singular) peer pressuring (participle, present) peer pressured (participle, past) peer pressured (past)

Questions

What does peer pressure mean?: Inducement or influence by one's peers.
Where does peer pressure come from?: From peer + pressure. First use appears c. 1957 in the publications of Ruth Strang.

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