2020 Flashcards
Tacit
adjective
tac·it | \ ˈta-sət \
Collegiate Definition
1 : expressed or carried on without words or speech
the blush was a tacit answer
— Bram Stoker
2 : implied or indicated (as by an act or by silence) but not actually expressed
Liassez-faire
noun
lais·sez-faire | \ ˌle-ˌsā-ˈfer , ˌlā-, -ˌzā- \
Collegiate Definition
1 : a doctrine opposing governmental interference in economic affairs beyond the minimum necessary for the maintenance of peace and property rights
argued that the problem with oil prices was too much laissez-faire
2 : a philosophy or practice characterized by a usually deliberate abstention from direction or interference especially with individual freedom of choice and action