Associations to the word «Crosscurrent»

Wiktionary

CROSSCURRENT, noun. (nautical) A turbulent stretch of water caused by multiple currents.
CROSSCURRENT, noun. (by extension) A situation in which there are conflicting opinions.

Dictionary definition

CROSSCURRENT, noun. A stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current.
CROSSCURRENT, noun. Actions counter to the main group activity; "political crosscurrents disrupted the conference".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin