##  [Cultural Capital](/index.php/cultural-capital) 

  ##  [Cultural Capital](https://social.quantumdictionary.io/cultural-capital-0) 

  

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Definition

Nonfinancial social assets—such as dispositions, linguistic codes, tastes, styles of interaction, educational credentials and cultural knowledge—that confer social recognition, legitimacy or advantage in a given institutional or social field and can be deployed to access opportunities or status.