Plural form; multiple currents flowing at angles to each other, or multiple conflicting tendencies, opinions, or influences.
Plural of 'crosscurrent,' using the regular English '-s' plural. The term applies both literally to water/air and figuratively to abstract concepts.
Historians describe the Renaissance as a time of crosscurrents—classical learning from ancient Rome, religious reformation, artistic innovation, and political upheaval all swirled together, creating the modern world from their collision!
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