Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of pressure
nounpressuring (plural pressurings)
plural pressurings
- An act or instance of somebody being pressured.
It is absolutely necessary that the individual possess a strong sense of religion, of the very essence of religion, to stop these pressurings on the part of the church.
2003, Louis Calaferte, Jean-Pierre Pauty, Willard Wood, The inner adventure: conversations
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