cultural capital

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The social assets of a person, such as education, intellect, style of speech or dress, etc. that promote social mobility.

Word forms

cultural capital

Etymology

Calque of French capital culturel, coined by French sociologists Pierre Bourdieu and Jean-Claude Passeron (1970).

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