laissez-faire (redirected from laisser-faireism)

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.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

laissez-faire - with minimally restricted freedom in commerce individualistic capitalistic, capitalist - favoring or practicing capitalism

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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 [ˌleɪseɪˈfɛə^r ˌlɛseɪˈfɛə^r]

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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laissez-faire [ˌlɛseɪˈfɛəʳ]

1. n → liberismo

2. adj → liberistico/a