ground swell

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noun

1. an obvious change of public opinion or political sentiment that occurs without leadership or overt expression
- there was a ground swell of antiwar sentiment
• Hypernyms:
transition
2. a broad and deep undulation of the ocean
• Syn:
heavy swell
• Hypernyms:
swell, crestless wave