laissez-faire policy

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• laissez-faire — [[t]le͟ɪseɪ fe͟ə(r), le̱s [/t]] N UNCOUNT 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. ...a policy of laissez faire …   English dictionary

• laissez-faire — 1. noun an agenda that embraces the concept of laissez faire Syn: free enterprise, free trade, nonintervention, free market capitalism, market forces 2. adjective he has argued for a laissez faire policy regarding the Internet Elliott s laissez… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• LAISSEZ-FAIRE — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. [LESS ay FEHR] allowance to do as one pleases without interference, regulation or control, a hands off government policy. The government s laissez faire policy allows some businesses to set their own rules. SYN.:… …   English dictionary for students

• laissez-faire —    (lay say FAIR) [French: allow to act] The theory or practice of noninterference in the affairs of others; the policy of government noninterference in economic or business matters; a willingness to allow individual freedom of action.    But the …   Dictionary of foreign words and phrases

• laissez-faire — laissez faireism, n. /les ay fair /; Fr. /le say ferdd /, adj. of, pertaining to, or conforming to the principles or practices of laissez faire. Also, laisser faire. [1815 25] * * * (French; allow to do ) Policy dictating a minimum of… …   Universalium

• Laissez-Faire Racism — closely related to color blind racism and covert racism is theorized to encompass an ideology that blames minorities for their poorer economic situations, viewing it as the result of cultural inferiority. The term is used largely by scholars of… …   Wikipedia

• laissez faire — [les΄ā fer′] n. [Fr, lit., let (people) do (as they please)] the policy or practice of letting people act without interference or direction; noninterference; specif., the policy of letting the owners of industry and business fix the rules of… …   English World dictionary

• laissez faire — noun abstinence from action, hands off policy, nonhampering. noninfringement, noninterference, nonintermeddling, noninterruption, nonintervention, nonintrusion, nontampering, refraining from involvement, refusal to become involved Burton s Legal… …   Law dictionary

• laissez-faire — ► NOUN ▪ a policy of non interference, especially abstention by governments from interfering in the workings of the free market. ORIGIN French, allow to do …   English terms dictionary

• Laissez-faire — Dablink|The use of the term laissez faire can refer to hands off, let alone, or let pass or let it be attitude for matters outside of economics. [As well as being used in economic management, and is used in the song Plans by Bloc Party also the… …   Wikipedia

• laissez-faire — 1. the principle that businesses should not be controlled by the government. The previous government had a policy of laissez faire, whereas this government wants a closer partnership with industry. 2. laissez faire the principle that businesses… …   New idioms dictionary