crosscurrent

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crosscurrent in WordNet English dictionary

noun

actions counter to the main group activity
"political crosscurrents disrupted the conference"
countercurrent crosscurrent
a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
rip riptide tide rip crosscurrent countercurrent

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crosscurrent in English Wiktionary

(noun) (nautical) A turbulent stretch of water caused by multiple currents
(noun) (context/by extension) A situation in which there are conflicting opinions

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