crosscurrent

Other forms: crosscurrents

Definitions of crosscurrent
  1. noun
    a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
    synonyms: countercurrent, rip, riptide, tide rip
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    type of:
    turbulence, turbulency
    unstable flow of a liquid or gas
  2. noun
    actions counter to the main group activity
    “political crosscurrents disrupted the conference”
    synonyms: countercurrent
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    type of:
    strife
    bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension
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