LAISSEZ FAIRE meaning: Minimal government interference in business

We found 42 dictionaries that define the word laissez faire:

General (23 matching dictionaries)

laissez faire: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
laissez-faire: Merriam-Webster
laissez-faire: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
laissez faire: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
laissez faire: Collins English Dictionary
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Laissez-Faire, Laissez-faire, laissez-faire, laissez faire: Wordnik
laissez-faire: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
laissez-faire, laissez faire: Wiktionary
laissez faire (laisser faire): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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laissez-faire: Online Etymology Dictionary
Laissez faire: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Laissez faire: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
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laissez-faire: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names

Business (9 matching dictionaries)

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laissez faire: Glossary of research economics
Laissez faire: Deardorff's Glossary of International Economics
Laissez Faire: Investopedia
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laissez-faire, laissez faire: Legal dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (laissez faire)

▸ noun:  (economics, politics) A policy of governmental non-interference in economic affairs.
▸ noun:  A policy of non-interference by authority in any competitive process.
▸ adjective:  (economics, politics) Practicing or representing governmental noninterference, or minimal interference, especially in economic affairs; pertaining to free-market capitalism.
▸ adjective:  (economics, politics) Advocating such noninterference.
▸ adjective:  (economics) Resulting from such noninterference.
▸ adjective:  (of a person) Avoiding interference in other people's affairs; choosing to live and let live.

Opposite:

interventionism, interference

Types:

hands-off, non-interference, non-involvement, abstention, passive, more...

Phrases:

laissez faire economy, laissez faire economics, laissez faire capitalism, laissez faire laissez passer, laissez passer laissez faire, more...

Adjectives:

laissez-faire, laisser faire, isolationistic, off message, absolutist, philistine, special, oppositionary, independent, restricted

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