crosscurrent

Examples

• All

• In the spring of 1974, I arrived in Washington during the heat of Watergate and quickly discovered some of the behind-the-scenes crosscurrents that tie up our federal government and cause "checkmate" and imbalance.

  Academic text (1991)

• Frost twists in the crosscurrents of having things more ways than one.

  Academic text (2008)

• There are all kinds of wellsprings and crosscurrents to indicate that Benin art is very much a part of the present.

  Academic text (1997)

• There are many crosscurrents at work here, but the primary movers are falling demand for chicken and the cost of corn (used as feed), which is tied to the commodities market.

  Blog text (11)

• Lebanon is indeed a complex society that combines West and East, Islam and Christianity, modernity and traditionalism, dogmatism and pragmatism, and many other crosscurrents.

  Academic text (2001)

• The committee faced strong crosscurrents of opinion that challenged their proposed changes.

• During the meeting, the crosscurrents within the organization made it difficult to reach a consensus.

• Political crosscurrents made it hard for the team to move forward with their plan.

Synonyms

C

countercurrent

vscrosscurrent

1 7.7

A movement that goes against the main view in a group

is the same meaning and used in the same contexts

C

countermovement

vscrosscurrent

6.8

An organized group that opposes another movement or trend

is a single opposing tendency not an organized collective action

C

countertrend

vscrosscurrent

7.5

Acting against the main trend or common style

is broader, meaning any opposing influence within a group or movement

Antonyms

C

conformity

24 4.8

A state of behaving and thinking like most people or like rules say

How Opposed

backlash

• Literature

106 4.8

opposition

250 3.4

resistance

214 4.0

crosscurrent

• Formal

1 8.0

dissent

• Formal

73 6.6

disagreement

268 1.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology