Definition of social capital noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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social capital
noun- the networks of relationships among people who live and work in a particular society that enable the society to exist and be successful
See social capital in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English- Building social capital requires trust and participation among individuals.
- The middle-class kid, whose dad knows the company director, is said to have more social capital.
- Corporations transform social capital into economic capital.
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