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cultural capital
[ kuhl-cher-uhl kap-i-tl ]
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.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cultural capital1
First recorded in 1975–80
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Example Sentences
We have invested so much cultural capital in David over the last three millennia.
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Chicago, the thriving cultural capital, is finally getting its due.
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