laissez-faire
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
laissez-faire /ˌlɛseɪˈfɛː/
▶noun a policy of non-interference, especially abstention by governments from interfering in the workings of the free market.
– derivatives
laisser-faireism noun.
laisser-faireism noun.
– origin Fr., lit. ‘allow to do’.
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