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Adjective: laissez-faire  `lesey'fehr
  1. With minimally restricted freedom in commerce
    - individualistic
Noun: laissez faire  `lesey'fehr
  1. The doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs
    - individualism

See also: capitalist, capitalistic

Type of: doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought

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