cultural capital

Definitions

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

uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“If you like⟳: if economic capital is what you have⟳, cultural capital is what you know⟳, social capital is whom you know⟳. […] Unless educational resources make⟳ some attempt⟳ to reverse the flow⟳ of cultural capital transmitted in the home then the end⟳ result⟳ will be enhanced forms of cultural inequality.”

“[Carl] Wilson tends to side with the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, who argues that taste⟳ is never disinterested: It’s a form⟳ of social currency, or “cultural capital,” that we use⟳ to stockpile prestige.”

“[…]I had an excess of cultural capital and a lack of actual capital; […]”

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