laissez faire
Practicing or representing governmental noninterference, or minimal interference,…Practicing or representing governmental noninterference, or minimal interference, especially in economic affairs; pertaining to free-market capitalism.
» The government is taking a laissez-faire approach to economics.
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4 sensesPracticing or representing governmental noninterference, or minimal interference, especially in economic affairs; pertaining to free-market capitalism.
I think the city should take a laissez faire approach to this; getting involved would only make things worse.
Advocating such noninterference.
The Senator claims to be laissez faire, but he voted in favor of the subsidies.
Resulting from such noninterference.
The price ceiling was well below the laissez faire price that demand would have supported, so there were always shortages.
Avoiding interference in other people's affairs; choosing to live and let live.
Examples
1 sentencesThe government is taking a laissez-faire approach to economics.
Origin
Borrowed from French laissez faire (“leave it be”, literally “let do”).Borrowed from French laissez faire (“leave it be”, literally “let do”).
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Forms
more laissez faire, most laissez faire| Comparative | more laissez faire Lesson |
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regular
Synonyms
16 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.