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Grammar : Noun
Spell : les-ey-fair; French le-sey-fer
Phonetic Transcription : ˌlɛs eɪˈfɛər; French lɛ seɪˈfɛr



Definition of laissez faire

Origin :
  • laissez faire, 1822, French, literally "let (people) do (as they think best)," from laissez, imperative of laisser "to let, to leave" (from Latin laxare, from laxus "loose;" see lax) + faire "to do" (from Latin facere; see factitious). From the phrase laissez faire et laissez passer, motto of certain 18c. French economists, chosen to express the ideal of government non-interference in business and industry.
  • As in laissez-faire : noun abstention from interference
  • As in independency : noun freedom
  • As in self-government : noun freedom
  • As in deregulation : noun the removal of imposed
  • As in freedom : noun independence, license to do as one wants
Example sentences :
  • Plato is aware that laissez faire is an important element of government.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • But then we are attacked by the bitter enemies of laissez faire.
  • Extract from : « Economic Sophisms » by Frederic Bastiat
  • That doctrine of laissez faire which so often in our history.
  • Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce
  • The laissez faire School was certainly the more logical of the two.
  • Extract from : « The Roman and the Teuton » by Charles Kingsley
  • Too strong a line might have worse consequences than a laissez faire attitude.
  • Extract from : « Cynthia's Chauffeur » by Louis Tracy
  • For industrialism and speculation the State's guiding maxim was laissez faire.
  • Extract from : « What is Coming? » by H. G. Wells
  • In his indolent way he had taken this belief on trust, the “laissez faire” policy being well in accordance with his easy nature.
  • Extract from : « Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker » by Marguerite Bryant
  • Society goes on of its own accord—laissez aller, laissez faire—everything remains in the old way.
  • Extract from : « Anarchism » by E. V. Zenker
  • The period of laissez faire in imperial matters, of Little Englandism, drew to a close in the early eighties.
  • Extract from : « The Canadian Dominion » by Oscar D. Skelton
  • It is true that the laissez faire of to-day differs from that of the last century.
  • Extract from : « Twentieth Century Socialism » by Edmond Kelly

Synonyms for laissez faire

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