from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A current flowing across another current.
- n. A conflicting tendency, inclination, or movement: a crosscurrent of dissent; sociopolitical crosscurrents.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. A turbulent stretch of water caused by multiple currents.
- n. A situation in which there are conflicting opinions.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- 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.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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
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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.
Analysts said Treasurys are caught in a crosscurrent of uneven, yet encouraging, data, and longer-term concerns about rising price pressures.
At that precise instant, the train took a bend and brought them right into a crosscurrent of wind.
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The bluster and the buddy talk was easy to fall back into, caught up in the crosscurrent of a waning adrenaline charge and his burgeoning buzz.
Many of the congregation had thrown their arms in the air and swayed from side to side as if caught in a strong crosscurrent.
Successful social and economic revolutions throughout history are propelled by a crosscurrent of trends.
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Tagged: crosscurrent · excepts · paul s kemp
Collor is caught in a crosscurrent that is sweeping over most of Latin America.