something inverted in sequence or character or effect; "when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse"
reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect
opposite in nature or effect or relation to another quantity ; "a term is in inverse proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other decreases (or increases)"
a political organization within the Democratic Party in New York City (late 1800's and early 1900's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism
tending to consume or use often wastefully; "water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses"; "duties consumptive of time and energy"; "consumptive fires"
afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis; "a consumptive patient"; "a consumptive cough"
a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites; the former official policy in South Africa