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social capital

[ soh-shuhl kap-i-tl ]

noun

, Sociology.
  1. 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.



social capital

noun

  1. the network of social connections that exist between people, and their shared values and norms of behaviour, which enable and encourage mutually advantageous social cooperation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of social capital1

First recorded in 1830–35
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Example Sentences

Their work assesses whether the level of social capital in a community predicts the severity of the pandemic there.

My sister-in-law has significantly more social capital than my husband.

Yi says starting remotely makes it harder to build social capital and the relationships one needs to execute.

From Fortune

Communities that have high levels of social capital benefit in many ways.

They reaped the benefits of being chosen, both through social capital and through reproduction, and then they passed those traits to the next generation.

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And given Friedman's thesis, how will we muster the social capital to welcome all these strangers with open arms?

In other words, the more social capital around you, the more likely you are to get out and vote.

The growing size of the social capital implies a more general appreciation of the importance of future well-being.

Technical gains are the largest source of additions to the total amount of the social capital.

Increasing the rapidity of productive inventions only multiplies the additions made to the social capital.

In labouring for the augmentation of the social capital he would thus be securing an insurance for his old age.

There seems nothing left but wages and profits—and yet, there is capital, individual and social capital.

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