peer pressurenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈpɪə ˌpreʃ.ər/us/ˈpɪr ˌpreʃ.ɚ/UK also peer group pressurethe strong influence of a group, especially of children, on members of that group to behave as everyone else does:
There is tremendous peer pressure to wear fashionable clothes.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Power to control
- ascendancy
- big beast
- buy-in
- chairmanship
- determination
- discipline
- dominant
- juice
- leadership
- lever
- manipulation
- mastery
- muscle
- oversight
- sphere of influence
- spin control
- state-controlled
- states' rights
- supervision
- tooth
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