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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats