D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Laissez faire

/lĕs'ā fârʹ/ · Lais·sez· faire · IPA /ˌlɛ(ˌ)seɪ ˈfɛəɹ/
01 n. Noninterference; -- an axiom of some political economists, deprecating interference of government by attempts to foster or regulate commerc…
  1. 1.
    Noninterference; -- an axiom of some political economists, deprecating interference of government by attempts to foster or regulate commerce, manufactures, etc., by bounty or by restriction; as, the doctrine of laissez faire; the laissez faire system of government.