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laissez-faire
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lais·sez faire also lais·ser faire  (ls fâr, lz)
n.
1. An economic doctrine that opposes governmental regulation of or interference in commerce beyond the minimum necessary for a free-enterprise system to operate according to its own economic laws.
2. Noninterference in the affairs of others.
[French : laissez, second person pl. imperative of laisser, to let, allow + faire, to do.]
laissez-faire adj.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.laissez-faire - with minimally restricted freedom in commerce
individualistic
capitalistic, capitalist - favoring or practicing capitalism
laissez-faire laisser-faire
noun nonintervention, free trade, individualism, free enterprise, live and let live the doctrine of laissez-faire and unbridled individualism
Translations
laissez-faire [ˌleɪseɪˈfɛər ˌlɛseɪˈfɛər]
n → laisser-faire m
modif [policy, approach] → de laisser-faire
laissez-faire
adj (Econ) → Laisser-faire-; (fig) → leger, lax; laissez-faire economics → Laisser-faire-Wirtschaftspolitik f
laissez-faire [ˌlɛseɪˈfɛəʳ]
1. n → liberismo
2. adj → liberistico/a
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