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Laissez-faire
see synonyms of laissez-faireAdjective
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Laissez-faire
see synonyms of laissez-fairenoun
1.
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
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Laissez-faire
see synonyms of laissez-faire the policy or practice of letting people act without interference or direction; noninterference; specif., the policy of letting the owners of industry and business fix the rules of competition, the conditions of labor, etc. as they please, without governmental regulation or control
: also sp. ˌlaisˈser faireWebster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Laissez-faire
see synonyms of laissez-fairen.
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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