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n. A current flowing across another current.

n. A conflicting tendency, inclination, or movement: a crosscurrent of dissent; sociopolitical crosscurrents.

n. A turbulent stretch of water caused by multiple currents.

n. A situation in which there are conflicting opinions.

n. a stretch of turbulent water in the sea.

n. a tendency or sentiment within a group which conflicts with that of the majority; -- often used in the plural.

n. a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current

n. actions counter to the main group activity

"Even in the darkest of Leopardi's "Canti" there is a sense of some rhythmic crosscurrent at work, as though the harsh message were being uplifted by the stately surges of the lines."

turbulency    turbulence    strife   

rip    riptide    tide rip