laissez faire

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable) A policy of governmental non-interference in economic affairs.
2. (uncountable) A policy of non-interference by authority in any competitive process.

Adj

1. Practicing or representing governmental noninterference, or minimal interference, especially in economic affairs; pertaining to free-market capitalism.
2. Advocating such noninterference.
3. Resulting from such noninterference.
4. Avoiding interference in other people's affairs; choosing to live and let live.

Synonyms

individualism

blandness

coldness

detachment

disinterest

heedlessness

impassiveness

inadvertence

inadvertency

indifference

insensitiveness

listlessness

neglect

negligence

nonchalance

phlegm

remissness

unconcern

unmindfulness

unresponsiveness

unseemliness

noninterence

unhelpfulness

aloofness

willful neglect

Translations

laissez-faire

Laissez-faire

laisser-faire

laissez faire

individualismo

individualisme

laissez-faire

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlæseɪ ˌfɛə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Borrowed from French laissez faire (“leave it be”, literally “let do”).