peer group
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3.2
- noun
- /pɪr ɡruːp/
:
grupo de iguales
- Many teenagers feel that their peer group influences their choices about fashion and music.
- peer group influence
- homophobic peer group
- aggressive peer group
So in his family, in his village, in his, you know, peer group, the suicide bomber is a hero.
- So in his family, in his village, in his, you know, peer group, the suicide bomber is a hero.
- I was kind of like out of my peer group, I think I was the first to have a kid.
- And did you, what did your friends think when you announced this to your peer group?
- Parenting, absent parenting, peer group pressure.
- The most powerful force on earth is we become consistent with the expectations of our peer group.
- They might be really worried about being ostracized by their peer group.
- And that is presumably because the peer group is is much more important in in gender identity.
- Whether that's a corporation or more likely, it's someone from our peer group because they think the jewelry or the car looks good and is impressive.
- He's like, but for his peer group, he's like, they're all incredibly good at that.
Examples
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As Piaget and others have pointed out, the peer group causes cognitive disequilibrium.
Academic text (1995) -
Students in learning communities form supportive peer groups, which help them to become both academically and socially connected.
Academic text (2008) -
I was kind of like out of my peer group, I think I was the first to have a kid.
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Because because our peer group, our environment can often shape us for good and for bad reasons.
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There is a need to form peer groups to provide input and support.
Academic text (1996) -
When children get older, the selection of a peer group has a profound role.
Academic text (1998) -
That's where I found my first real peer group that I felt accepted by.
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Early adolescents tend to spend much of their free time with peer groups of their own gender.
Academic text (2008) -
In the school environment, interactions with one's peer group exert a tremendous influence on personality development.
Academic text (1993) -
The most important socialization agents for young adolescents were peer group and family, whereas school and community were secondary.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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3.3
A group of people with shared interests
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2.2
People of about the same age that researchers study together for social or statistical reasons
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2.7
People who meet, talk, and feel they belong together
How Close-knit
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a group of people of similar age, background, or status' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'peer' (a person of equal age/status) with 'group' (a collection of people). This simple noun+noun composition is common cross-linguistically and follows productive English compounding rules, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Peer group comes from a simple picture: peer means someone of the same age or level and group means a set of people standing together. So, peer group means 'a group of people of the same age or background who influence one another'.