Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A current that flows in an opposite direction to the flow of another current.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A current in an opposite direction.
Wiktionary
- n. A current that flows against the prevailing one.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Running in an opposite direction.
- n. A current running in an opposite direction to the main current.
WordNet 3.0
- n. actions counter to the main group activity
- n. a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
Examples
“In ducks (and other cold-weather birds), this is done by a physiological set up called "countercurrent".”
“While the continued down global economy and shifts in focus for a handful of the original funders for the movement may give some pause, The Coexist Foundation has been working hard to be one of many in a hopeful countercurrent of support at this critical hour.”
The Huffington Post: Rev. Donald Heckman: Are We There Yet? The Progress of the Interfaith Movement
“There's a strong countercurrent of feeling that Turkey is gratuitously barging into the intractable quarrels of others.”
“With activists routinely imprisoned and harassed, the countercurrent to government restrictions is always struggling to gather momentum.”
“Opened in 2007, the family-run Forte S ā o Jo ā o da Barra is part of a small but growing band of hotels running countercurrent to the wave of mass tourism that has swept over much of the Algarve region during the past 40 years.”
“Isolated resorts run countercurrent to mass tourism in the country's Algarve region.”
“But a countercurrent is threatening the tide of progress, and we need to pay attention.”
“The dominant ocean currents of the region are the North Equatorial countercurrent bringing moderately warm sub-tropical waters from the north via the south-flowing Panama current, and the South Equatorial countercurrent bringing cooler low salinity water from the southwest via the north-flowing Colombia current, reinforced by the cool Peru (Humboldt) Coastal current flowing up the coast of South America and the Panamanian Cyclonic countercurrent.”
“Sullivan argues that the rise of materialism and secularism around the world has unleashed a powerful countercurrent of religious thought.”
“Anyone wishing to understand this countercurrent to the economic, technological, and financial flow toward international integration should start with The End of Economic Man.”
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