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Synonyms
un·der·cur·rent (ŭńdər-kûŕənt, -kŭŕ-)

noun 

  1. A current, as of air or water, below another current or beneath a surface.
  2. An underlying tendency, force, or influence often contrary to what is superficially evident; an intimation: “The Gaucho began to talk, calmly but with an undercurrent of passion” (Thomas Pynchon)