crosscurrent

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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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a stretch of turbulent water in the sea
  Synonyms: rip, riptide, tide rip

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - tværstrømning

Nederlands (Dutch)
tegen-/dwarsstroom

Français (French)
n. - (lit, fig) contre-courant

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gegenströmung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αντίρρευμα, αντίθετο ρεύμα

Italiano (Italian)
controcorrente

Português (Portuguese)
n. - contracorrente (f)

Русский (Russian)
противоток

Español (Spanish)
n. - contracorriente

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - motström

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
横流, 反对意见, 相反的趋势

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 橫流, 反對意見, 相反的趨勢

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 역류, 대립하는 경향

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 逆流, 反主流的傾向

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تيار مضاد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮זרם נגדי‬

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