Find the synonyms or antonyms of a word



Synonyms for laissez-faire


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

Top 10 synonyms for laissez-faire Other synonyms for the word laissez-faire

Définition 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.
  • noun abstention from interference
Example sentences :
  • But 'laissez-faire' is not the best but only the second best.
  • Extract from : « Statesman » by Plato
  • I do not think that success in this struggle will come through the policy of laissez-faire.
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
  • Indeed, in that sense, there never has been any laissez-faire school.
  • Extract from : « The Task of Social Hygiene » by Havelock Ellis
  • The doctrine of Laissez-Faire is the sinew of her policy toward the European states.
  • Extract from : « The Arena » by Various
  • Glaubmann flapped his right hand in a gesture of laissez-faire.
  • Extract from : « Elkan Lubliner, American » by Montague Glass
  • Laissez-faire, Supply-and-demand,—one begins to be weary of all that.
  • Extract from : « Past and Present » by Thomas Carlyle
  • Why has the laissez-faire theory in economics been largely abandoned?
  • Extract from : « Introduction to the Science of Sociology » by Robert E. Park
  • It was born of steam-driven machinery and conceived in laissez-faire.
  • Extract from : « Philosophy and The Social Problem » by Will Durant
  • He charged it with inspiring the inhumanity and anarchy of the laissez-faire economy.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Mazzini » by Bolton King
  • She grew more and more to advocate the laissez-faire system.
  • Extract from : « Maria Edgeworth » by Helen Zimmern
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019