laissez-faire
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lais·sez faire
also lais·ser faire (lĕs′ā fâr′, lā′zā)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.
laissez-faire
The doctrine of leaving economic activity to market forces free of government interference.
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Adj. | 1. | laissez-faire - with minimally restricted freedom in commerce capitalistic, capitalist - favoring or practicing capitalism |
laissez-faire
laisser-fairenoun nonintervention, free trade, individualism, free enterprise, live and let live the doctrine of laissez-faire and unbridled individualism
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laissez-faire
[ˌleɪseɪˈfɛər ˌlɛseɪˈfɛər] n → laisser-faire m
modif [policy, approach] → de laisser-faire