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cross⋅cur⋅rent

  [kraws-kur-uhnt, -kuhr-, kros-]
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–noun
1. a current, as in a stream, moving across the main current.
2. Often, crosscurrents. a conflicting tendency or movement.
Origin:
1590–1600; cross- + current

Related forms:
cross⋅cur⋅rent⋅ed, adjective
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cross·cur·rent   (krôs'kûr'ənt, -kŭr'-, krŏs'-)   
n.  
  1. A current flowing across another current.
  2. A conflicting tendency, inclination, or movement: a crosscurrent of dissent; sociopolitical crosscurrents.
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