laissez-faire

See also: laissez faire

English

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Adjective

laissez-faire (comparative more laissez-faire, superlative most laissez-faire)

1. Alternative form of laissez faire.
   • 1971 January 10, Stan Lehr, Louis Rossetto, “The New Right Credo–Libertarianism”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     As the economic derivative of libertarianism, laissez-faire capitalism is an economics of life, of rationality.

   • 2015 June 28, Paul Vallely, “The Pope's Ecological Vow”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     Francis is saying that the environmental crisis is really a crisis in laissez-faire capitalism.

Noun

laissez-faire (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of laissez faire.
   • 2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 436:

     ‘How about we all try a policy of non-involvement for once? A little laissez-faire?’

Derived terms

• laissez-faireism

French

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Noun

laissez-faire m (uncountable)

1. alternative form of laisser-faire

Further reading

• “laissez-faire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Portuguese

Noun

laissez-faire m (uncountable)

1. (economics) laissez faire (a policy of governmental non-interference in economic affairs)