noun
1. a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
• Syn: ↑rip, ↑riptide, ↑tide rip, ↑crosscurrent
• Hypernyms: ↑turbulence, ↑turbulency
2. actions counter to the main group activity
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political crosscurrents disrupted the conference
• Syn: ↑crosscurrent
• Hypernyms: ↑strife
Useful english dictionary. 2012.