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Noun: countercurrent  'kawn-tu(r),kur-unt [N. Amer], 'kawn-tu(r),kú-runt [Brit]
  1. 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
     
  2. Actions counter to the main group activity
    "political countercurrents disrupted the conference";
    - crosscurrent

Derived forms: countercurrents

Type of: strife, turbulence, turbulency

Encyclopedia: Countercurrent

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