laissez-faire
nounNAmE//ˌlɛseɪ ˈfɛr//, NAmE//ˌlɛzeɪˈfɛr//
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a laissez-faire economy They have a laissez-faire approach to bringing up their children (= they give them a lot of freedom).See laissez-faire in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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