cultural capital
The social assets of a person, such as education, intellect, style of speech or dress, etcThe social assets of a person, such as education, intellect, style of speech or dress, etc. that promote social mobility.
» Paris is a large cultural capital.
carlosalberto · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(uncountable)The social assets of a person, such as education, intellect, style of speech or dress, etc. that promote social mobility.
kulturelles Kapital
Examples
5 sentencesParis is a large cultural capital.
Istanbul is the cultural capital of Turkey.
Algiers is an important cultural capital in Algeria.
Algiers is Algeria's political, economic, and cultural capital.
Algiers is Algeria's political, economic, and cultural capital city.
Translations
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Origin
Calque of French capital culturel, coined by French sociologists Pierre Bourdieu and Jean-Calque of French capital culturel, coined by French sociologists Pierre Bourdieu and Jean-Claude Passeron (1970).
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable