I worked because I wanted to, without externalpressure.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But once divorce became easier in the early 1970s there was less internal or externalpressure on a couple to try to work things out when a relationship came under strain.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This is when she's just being herself, there's no externalpressure to look or behave in a certain way.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Definition of 'pressure'
pressure
(preʃəʳ)Explore 'pressure' in the dictionary
uncountable noun
If there is pressureon a person, someone is trying to persuade or force them to do something.
Definition of 'external'
external
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adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
External means happening or existing in the world in general and affecting you in some way.