undercurrent
/ˈʌndɚˌkʌɹənt/ noun C2- A current of water which flows under the surface, and often in a different direction from surface currents.
- A tendency of feeling or opinion that is concealed rather than exposed. · The meeting was pervaded with an undercurrent of dread, as the managers tried not to admit that firings were looming.
Plural undercurrents
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Ultimately, the river taught him that beneath the tranquil appearance of daily life lay complex undercurrents, a lesson that became the cornerstone of his unparalleled literary legacy.
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