laissez 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.

---

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

---

laissez-faire adj.

---

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