Ways of life and patterns of consumption that make people distinct and appear superior or dominant. See positional good. Also used to indicate skills and knowledge (as distinct from economic capital). [..]

Symbolic wealth socially defined as worthy of being sought and possessed.

the possession of non-economic goods and services (as opposed to economic capital) including verbal skills, aesthetic awareness and preferences, and knowledge of elite cultural forms such as opera, live theater, avant-garde cinema and classical European culture.

a term from the work of Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002). In embodied form it is the dispositions,knowledge, skills, attitudes a person has which give them social advantage. For example, children from a mi [..]

The knowledge, language, attitudes and values, and life­style which give middle class and upper class students who possess them an inbuilt advantage in a middle-class controlled education system. Associated with the French Marxist Bourdieu (see Marxism). See also habitus.

is the knowledge, langauge, manners, behaviour, tastes and values which gives middle and upper class students an advantage

Refers to the ideas and knowledge that people draw upon as they participate in social life. Everything from rules of etiquette to being able to speak and write effectively can be considered cultural c [..]

This refers to nonfinancial social assets that promote social mobility beyond economic means. Examples include education, intellect, style of speech, dress, and even physical appearance. Cultural capi [..]