countercurrent

[ koun-ter-kur-uhnt ]

noun

1. a current running in an opposite direction to another current.
2. a movement, opinion, mood, etc., contrary to the prevailing one.

countercurrent

/ koun′tər-kûr′ənt /

1. A current that flows in an opposite direction to the flow of another current.

Other Words From

• counter·current·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of countercurrent¹

First recorded in 1675–85; counter- + current

Example Sentences

Sinclair adds that while the rising tide is certainly lifting enterprise apps from the data center to the public cloud, there’s a countercurrent in which organizations are moving some applications from the cloud back to the data center.

From MIT Technology Review

In this way, these young authors are riding a cultural countercurrent.

From The Daily Beast

At sunset the countercurrent forced them to drop anchor before the Mosselbaaij.

From Project Gutenberg