inverse proportion

[in-vurs-pruh-pawr-shuhn]

noun

1. a relation between two terms or things in which the increase of one is accompanied by a corresponding decrease of the other, and vice versa.

Example Sentences

The one that demonstrates that economic growth and Labour dissent are in inverse proportion.

From BBC

Their faith in him grows in inverse proportion to the skyrocketing evidence of his criminality, his bigotry, his corruption, and his sociopathy.

From Salon

Beginning in 1989, gaming revenue in Vegas began to drop in inverse proportion to non-gaming revenue, which included money spent on entertainment, shopping and dining, said UNLV’s Feldman.

From Los Angeles Times

Currid-Halkett never really specifies just what those small differences might be that, in the Freudian sense, cause fractiousness in inverse proportion to their significance.

From Slate

The irony is that the advance hype has exploded in almost inverse proportion to the sagging interest in the awards show itself.

From Washington Post