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Laissez faire

Laissez faire Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Laissez faire? [n] the doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs Synonyms \| Synonyms for Laissez faire: individualism Related Terms \| Find terms related to Laissez faire: a wise passiveness \| autarky \| bimetallism \| capitalism \| capitalistic system \| contemplation \| contemplative \| contemplative life \| culpa \| culpable negligence \| culpably negligent \| default \| derelict \| dereliction \| disregard \| do-nothing \| do-nothing policy \| do-nothingism \| do-nothingness \| dormancy \| dormant \| economic self-sufficiency \| failure \| finance capitalism \| free competition \| free economy \| free enterprise \| free trade \| free-enterprise economy \| free-enterprise system \| governmentalism \| idle \| idleness \| immobile \| immobility \| inaction \| inactive \| inactivity \| inadvertence \| inadvertency \| inadvertent \| inattention \| inattentive \| individualism \| indolence \| inert \| inertia \| inertness \| isolationism \| laches \| laissez-aller \| laissez-faireism \| lapse \| lax \| laxity \| laxness \| let-alone policy \| let-alone principle \| liberalism \| line \| localism \| loose \| looseness \| managed currency \| meditation \| meditative \| motionless \| neglect \| neglectful \| neglectfulness \| neglecting \| negligence \| negligent \| neuter \| neutral \| neutralism \| neutrality \| neutralness \| nonfeasance \| noninterference \| noninterfering \| nonintervention \| noninvolvement \| nonparticipation \| nonperformance \| nonresistance \| nonrestriction \| nonrestrictive \| nonviolence \| nonviolent resistance \| nullification \| off-guard \| omission \| overlooking \| overly permissive \| oversight \| pacifism \| paralysis \| paralytic \| paralyzed \| party line \| party principle \| passive \| passive resistance \| passive self-annihilation \| passiveness \| passivism \| passivity \| permissive \| permissiveness \| planned economy \| policy \| polity \| poor stewardship \| position \| price supports \| private enterprise \| private ownership \| private sector \| procrastinating \| procrastination \| protection \| protectionism \| public policy \| pump-priming \| quiescence \| quiescent \| quietism \| quietist \| quietistic \| relaxed \| remiss \| remissness \| rugged individualism \| scamping \| sectionalism \| self-regulating market \| skimping \| slack \| slackness \| slight \| slighting \| slurring \| stagnancy \| stagnant \| stagnating \| stagnation \| standpat \| standpattism \| stasis \| state capitalism \| static \| stationary \| uncircumspect \| unguarded \| unrigorous \| unrigorousness \| unwary \| unwatchful \| vegetable \| vegetation \| vegetative \| vita contemplativa \| waiting game \| watching and waiting See Also \| doctrine \| ism \| philosophy \| school of thought Laissez faire In Webster's Dictionary \Lais`sez" faire"\ [F., let alone.] Noninterference; -- an axiom of some political economists, deprecating interference of government by attempts to foster or regulate commerce, manufactures, etc., by bounty or by restriction; as, the doctrine of laissez faire; the laissez faire system government.

Laissez faire Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Laissez faire?

[n] the doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs

Synonyms | Synonyms for Laissez faire: individualism

See Also | doctrine | ism | philosophy | school of thought

Laissez faire In Webster's Dictionary

\Lais`sez" faire"\ [F., let alone.]
Noninterference; -- an axiom of some political economists,
deprecating interference of government by attempts to foster
or regulate commerce, manufactures, etc., by bounty or by
restriction; as, the doctrine of laissez faire; the laissez
faire system government.

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