corollary
n. US //ˈkɔɹəˌɫɛɹi// UK //kəɹˈɒləɹi// corol·lary
n. a direct result or consequence of something else. If one statement is true, its corollary is another idea that must also be true because of it.
n. a direct or natural consequence of an existing fact or proposition. Formal and countable.
A drop in sales is a corollary of the price increase.
A necessary corollary of the reduced budget is a pause on all non-essential hiring for the next quarter.
Her paper argues that a decline in civic engagement is a dismal corollary of a public sphere dominated by polarizing commercial media.
From Middle English, from Late Latin corōllārium (“money paid for a garland; gift, gratuity, corollary; consequence, deduction”), from corōlla (“small garland”), diminutive of corōna (“crown”).