cultural capital

[ kuhl-cher-uh l kap-i-tl ]
/ ˈkʌl tʃər əl ˈkæp ɪ 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.

Origin of cultural capital

First recorded in 1975–80

Words nearby cultural capital

cultivator, cultrate, cultural, cultural anthropology, cultural appropriation, cultural capital, cultural cringe, cultural diversity, cultural exchange, cultural imperialism, cultural lag