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Laissez faire   /lˈeɪzˌeɪ fɛr/   Listen
Laissez faire

noun
1.
The doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs.  Synonym: individualism.





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"Laissez faire" Quotes from Famous Books



... society implicit in Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations reflects at once the temper of the English people and of the age in which he lived.[175] The eighteenth century was the age of individualism, laissez faire and freedom. Everything was in process of emancipation ...
— Introduction to the Science of Sociology • Robert E. Park
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... write some other letters. Green,(20) his surgeon, was there, and dressed his breast; that is, put on a plaster, which is still requisite: and I took an opportunity to speak to him of the Queen; but he cut me short with this saying, "Laissez faire a Don Antoine," which is a French proverb, expressing, "Leave that to me." I find he is against her taking much physic; and I doubt he cannot persuade her to take Dr. Radcliffe. However, she is very well now, and all the ...
— The Journal to Stella • Jonathan Swift
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Words linked to "Laissez faire" :   doctrine, philosophical system, individualism, ism, school of thought, philosophy


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