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undercurrent

 noun
     
un‧der‧cur‧rent [countable]
1 a feeling, especially of anger or dissatisfaction, that people do not express openly
undercurrent of
He sensed an undercurrent of resentment among the crowd.
2HE a hidden and often dangerous current of water that flows under the surface of the sea or a river
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