Meaning of social capital | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The goodwill, sympathy, and connections created by social interaction within and between social networks.
   uncountable
2. The value created by social relationships, with expected returns in the marketplace.
   uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“If [the individual] comes into contact with his neighbor, and they with other neighbors, there will be accumulation of social capital, which may immediately satisfy his social needs and which may bear a social potentiality sufficient to the substantial improvement of living conditions in the whole community.”

CEFR level