undercurrent
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6.9
- noun
- /ˈʌndərˌkɜːrənt/
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trasfondo
- Beneath their words and their smiles, though, is an undercurrent of... what?
- a strong undercurrent
- an undercurrent of violence
- a sexual undercurrent
You float those words on top of an undercurrent of feeling.
- You float those words on top of an undercurrent of feeling.
- And now there's some undercurrent of flirtation.
- This is really what I mean by race being a very unexpected undercurrent in The Great Gatsby.
- There was none of the undercurrent of, well, they don't like him, he doesn't like them.
- But through my stories and through the tone of it, you could detect an undercurrent of anger.
- And then there is that racist undercurrent, like she has to sit between two Arabs.
- Both the fear of revolution and the actual revolutions are part of a greater undercurrent of change.
- And there's like this undercurrent of grief from the death of her father and like this mysterious gardener who grows poison.
- I feel like at least certainly in Los Angeles, you know, there's this kind of undercurrent of stress and anxiety and depression that people don't talk about.
- And, and, and in your years in the club scene as a DJ, you know, obviously there's always been like that sort of undercurrent of violence.
- So, you know, it's one of the one of the undercurrents to the Masonic tradition.
- You change these peoples minds with like slow, subtle undercurrents of change.
- This is obviously an undercurrent for the cryptic warfare between populations.
- So same kinds of undercurrent, lots of narcissism in there, lack of empathy, lots of grandiose, lots of state statue in there.
Examples
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Both the fear of revolution and the actual revolutions are part of a greater undercurrent of change.
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I mean, there was such an undercurrent of racism and hate and anger.
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I always had the sort of like undercurrent pulling me towards a creative life.
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You float those words on top of an undercurrent of feeling.
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The subject was of endless fascination to him and was a strong undercurrent in all his work.
Academic text (2011) -
By so doing, he created a strong undercurrent of suspicion against resident Asian businesspeople.
Academic text (1998) -
Meanwhile, a strong undercurrent of opposition to military leadership represents a credible check on creeping militarism.
Academic text (2004) -
Lurking below the surface are undercurrents that challenge core values and standard practices of librarianship.
Academic text (2013) -
I feel like at least certainly in Los Angeles, you know, there's this kind of undercurrent of stress and anxiety and depression that people don't talk about.
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During the meeting, there was an undercurrent of frustration that everyone tried to ignore.
Synonyms
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5.6
A hidden meaning in speech, writing, or art that people do not say directly
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7.2
A hidden feeling or meaning that people notice beyond the main words
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6.7
A hidden meaning under what someone says or does
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7.8
A quiet feeling under the surface that goes against the main mood
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Etymology
Undercurrent comes from under ('below') and current ('a flow'), so it is also used for a feeling or idea that quietly 'flows' beneath what people say or show, like a river under a calm lake.