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单词 laissez-faire
释义 laissez-faire
I. adjective
also laisser-faire \|le](ˌ)sā|fa(a)](ə)r, |lā], -fe], ]ə also ](ˌ)zā|f- sometimes ]sē|f- or ]si|f- or ]zē|f- or ]zi|f-\
Etymology: laissez-faire from French laissez faire let (people) do (as they choose) (motto of 18th century French economists who protested excessive government regulation of industry); laisser-faire from French laisser faire to let (people) do (as they choose)
: of, adhering to, or favoring the doctrine or practice of laissez-faire
 < in economic philosophy the High Victorians were mainly laissez-faireSaturday Review >
 < economic liberalism of the laissez-faire type — Frank Thilly >
 < the social disorganization and laisser-faire purposelessness … present in the cultural life of these young people — Ernest & Pearl Beaglehole >
II. noun
also laisser-faire \“\
(-s)
1. : a doctrine opposing governmental interference (as by regulation or subsidy) in economic affairs beyond the minimum necessary for the maintenance of peace and property rights
 < the reaction against free trade and laissez-faireAtlantic >
 < few people … hold that laissez-faire could solve the economic problems of the British community — Economist >
 < a central position between laissez-faire and a planned economy — J.S.Schapiro >
— compare free enterprise, mercantilism, planned economy
2. : a philosophy or practice characterized by a usually deliberate abstention from direction or planning : a policy of noninterference especially with individual freedom of choice and action
 < a poverty that proclaimed laissez-faire in ethics — Francis Hackett >
 < the unhampered elective system which is merely the pedagogical form of … laisser-faire — P.E.More >
 < a policy of laisser-faire towards the artists — Times Lit Supplement >
— compare managerialism
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