lais·sez faire also lais·ser faire (l s  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.] lais sez-faire adj. |
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| Adj. | 1. | laissez-faire - with minimally restricted freedom in commerce 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
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