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undercurrent

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
undercurrent/ˈʌndəkʌrənt/

▶noun

1 a current of water below the surface and moving in a different direction from any surface current.

2 an underlying quality or influence: there was an undercurrent of anxiety to her words.

'undercurrent' also found in these Oxford entries:

underflow - underswell - undertow

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