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- [les-ey-fair; French le-sey-fer]
- /ˌlɛs eɪˈfɛər; French lɛ seɪˈfɛr/
- /ˌleɪ.seɪˈfeər/
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- [les-ey-fair; French le-sey-fer]
- /ˌlɛs eɪˈfɛər; French lɛ seɪˈfɛr/
Definitions of laissez-faire word
- adjective laissez-faire of, relating to, or conforming to the principles or practices of laissez faire. 1
- noun laissez-faire the theory or system of government that upholds the autonomous character of the economic order, believing that government should intervene as little as possible in the direction of economic affairs. 1
- noun laissez-faire the practice or doctrine of noninterference in the affairs of others, especially with reference to individual conduct or freedom of action. 1
- noun laissez-faire policy: non-interference 1
- uncountable noun laissez-faire Laissez-faire is the policy which is based on the idea that governments and the law should not interfere with business, finance, or the conditions of people's working lives. 0
- uncountable noun laissez-faire Laissez-faire is also an adjective. 0
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Origin of laissez-faire
First appearance:
before 1815 One of the 39% newest English words
First recorded in 1815-25
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Laissez-faire
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
laissez-faire popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
Synonyms for laissez-faire
noun laissez-faire
- free enterprise — an economic and political doctrine holding that a capitalist economy can regulate itself in a freely competitive market through the relationship of supply and demand with a minimum of governmental intervention and regulation.
- free hand — unrestricted freedom or authority: They gave the decorator a free hand.
- inaction — absence of action; idleness.
- indifference — lack of interest or concern: We were shocked by their indifference toward poverty.
- latitude — Geography. the angular distance north or south from the equator of a point on the earth's surface, measured on the meridian of the point. a place or region as marked by this distance.
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