Definitions

laissez-faire

[les-ey fair, le-sey fer] / ˌlɛs eɪ ˈfɛər, lɛ seɪ ˈfɛr /

NOUN

abstention from interference

Synonyms

WEAK

do-nothing policy for the most free enterprise free hand inaction indifference individualism laisser aller laisser passer latitude let-alone policy live and let live neutrality noninterference nonintervention nonrestriction part unrestrained by law free trade permissiveness

Example Sentences

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Laissez-faire U.S. travelers might bear these folks in mind when considering whether to get that MMR shot before jetting off to an at-risk area—and then boarding the close confines of an airplane bound for home.

From Slate • May 17, 2017

Laissez-faire economics stemmed from French economic philosophers of the Enlightenment.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

Laissez-faire is all well and good until something goes wrong.

From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2010

Said Robb: "Laissez-faire may be good economic policy, but it's terrible social policy."

From Time Magazine Archive

Was it the growth of Continental notions, Or was it the Metropolitan police force Prompted this blow at Laissez-faire, that free and Easiest of doctrines?

From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various

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