social capital
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.
Compare Meanings
Click for a side-by-side comparison of meanings. Use the word comparison feature to learn the differences between similar and commonly confused words.
Origin of social capital
1Words Nearby social capital
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use social capital in a sentence
Their work assesses whether the level of social capital in a community predicts the severity of the pandemic there.
Researchers identify social factors inoculating some communities against coronavirus | Christopher Ingraham | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostMy sister-in-law has significantly more social capital than my husband.
Carolyn Hax: Her sister-in-law has the starring role in a mean group chat | Carolyn Hax | January 31, 2021 | Washington PostYi says starting remotely makes it harder to build social capital and the relationships one needs to execute.
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.
We admire these do-gooders. We just don’t want to date them. | Sigal Samuel | December 4, 2020 | Vox
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.
Lower Voting Rates in Neighborhoods Hit By Foreclosure: Study | Jesse Singal | September 2, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe growing size of the social capital implies a more general appreciation of the importance of future well-being.
Essentials of Economic Theory | John Bates ClarkTechnical gains are the largest source of additions to the total amount of the social capital.
Essentials of Economic Theory | John Bates ClarkIncreasing the rapidity of productive inventions only multiplies the additions made to the social capital.
Essentials of Economic Theory | John Bates ClarkIn labouring for the augmentation of the social capital he would thus be securing an insurance for his old age.
The Non-religion of the Future: A Sociological Study | Jean-Marie GuyauThere seems nothing left but wages and profits—and yet, there is capital, individual and social capital.
The Accumulation of Capital | Rosa Luxemburg
British Dictionary definitions for social capital
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
Browse