Definition of "laisser-faire" [laisser-faire]

• A letting alone; a general non-interference with individual freedom of action; the let-alone principle or policy in government and political economy. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "We are supposed to be a nation built upon an antipathy to government - an anti-statist creed that Seymour Martin Lipset once said could "be described in five words: liberty, egalitarianism, individualism, populism and laisser-faire.""
• "Tangential — on economist. com, Google reports 300-some hits for “laissez-faire” and 180-some for “laisser-faire”."
• "Sounds like crazy Wall Street-style laisser-faire!"