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- Word comparison: social capital vs. cultural capital
social capital vs. cultural capital
- the interpersonal relationships, institutions, and other social assets of a society or group that can be used to gain advantage:
the impact of social capital on productivity and economic well-being; the ways in which women accumulate social capital.
noun
- Sociology. the skills, education, norms, and behaviors acquired by members of a social group that can give them economic and other advantages:
The accumulation of cultural capital is one route to upward mobility.
noun