laissez faire (redirected from laisser faire)

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.

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[French : laissez, second person pl. imperative of laisser, to let, allow + faire, to do.]

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laissez-faire adj.

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laissez faire, laisser faire [ˌlɛseɪ ˈfɛə (French) lese fɛr]

n

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy)

a.  Also called individualism the doctrine of unrestricted freedom in commerce, esp for private interests

b.  (as modifier) a laissez-faire economy

2. indifference or noninterference, esp in the affairs of others

[French, literally: let (them) act]

laissez-faireism , laisser-faireism n

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

laissez faire - the doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs individualism doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought - a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

Translations

laissez faire [ˈleɪseɪˈfɛəʳ]

A. N → laissez-faire m, liberalismo m económico

B. ADJ [attitude, approach, policy] → liberal, liberalista

laissez faire

n → Laisser-faire nt; there’s too much laissez faire here → hier geht es zu leger zu