UNDERCURRENT

n. a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

A current below the surface of water, sometimes flowing in a contrary direction to that on the surface. Totten.

2.
n.

Hence, figuratively, a tendency of feeling, opinion, or the like, in a direction contrary to what is publicly shown; an unseen influence or tendency; as, a strong undercurrent of sentiment in favor of a prisoner. All the while there was a busy undercurrent in her. G. Eliot.

3.
a.

Running beneath the surface; hidden. [R.] "Undercurrent woe." Tennyson.

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