peer pressure

English

Noun

peer pressure (uncountable)

encouragement or influence by one's peers.
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.

Translations

encouragement by one's peers

Chinese:
Mandarin: (no exact equivalent exists) 來自同齡人的壓力, 来自同龄人的压力 (láizì tónglíngrén de yālì)
Dutch: groepsdruk (nl) m
Finnish: ryhmäpaine
French: pression des pairs f
German: Gruppenzwang (de) m

Icelandic: hópþrýstingur m
Japanese: 同調圧力 (dōchōatsuryoku)
Spanish: presión de los pares f, presión social f
Swedish: grupptryck (sv) n
Turkish: mahalle baskisi

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