Associations to the word «Countercurrent»

Wiktionary

COUNTERCURRENT, noun. A current that flows against the prevailing one.
COUNTERCURRENT, adjective. Running in an opposite direction.

Dictionary definition

COUNTERCURRENT, noun. A stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current.
COUNTERCURRENT, noun. Actions counter to the main group activity; "political crosscurrents disrupted the conference".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley