counter-currentn.

Etymology: < counter- prefix 2b, 2e Compare French contre-courant, noun.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcounter-ˌcurrent.

An opposite current. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > [noun] > contrary operation or action

counterwork1598

counter-motion1606

countercurrence1643

counterworking1664

counter-current1684

counteraction1750

counter-movement1818

counter-agency1831

counter-move1858

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > current > [noun] > opposite

back-current1657

counter-current1684

re-current1873

1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth i. 122 They suppos'd one current upon the surface..and under it at a certain depth a counter-current.

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. iv. 29 The great counter-current, which in the North Atlantic borders the Gulf Stream.

1883 ‘G. Lloyd’ Ebb & Flow II. xxviii. 127 Currents and counter-currents eddied together in her mind.

1936 K. Mannheim Ideol. & Utopia iii. vi. 159 As a countercurrent to this, there is Romanticism.

1937 Sci. & Society 1 155 Linguistic development then follows clearly the lines of internationalism... There are the same contradictions manifest, and the same counter~currents engendered by extreme tendencies in one direction or the other.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	counter-current
释义	counter-currentn. Etymology: < counter- prefix 2b, 2e Compare French contre-courant, noun.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcounter-ˌcurrent. An opposite current. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > [noun] > contrary operation or action counterwork1598 counter-motion1606 countercurrence1643 counterworking1664 counter-current1684 counteraction1750 counter-movement1818 counter-agency1831 counter-move1858 the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > current > [noun] > opposite back-current1657 counter-current1684 re-current1873 1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth i. 122 They suppos'd one current upon the surface..and under it at a certain depth a counter-current. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. iv. 29 The great counter-current, which in the North Atlantic borders the Gulf Stream. 1883 ‘G. Lloyd’ Ebb & Flow II. xxviii. 127 Currents and counter-currents eddied together in her mind. 1936 K. Mannheim Ideol. & Utopia iii. vi. 159 As a countercurrent to this, there is Romanticism. 1937 Sci. & Society 1 155 Linguistic development then follows clearly the lines of internationalism... There are the same contradictions manifest, and the same counter~currents engendered by extreme tendencies in one direction or the other. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1684
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