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subcultural capital

subcultural capital noun: the cultural knowledge and commodities acquired by members of a subculture, raising their status and helping to differentiate themselves from members of other groups.

Noun

subcultural capital (uncountable)

  1. The cultural knowledge and commodities acquired by members of a subculture, raising their status and helping to differentiate themselves from members of other groups.

Questions about subcultural capital

What does subcultural capital mean?
Subcultural capital means the cultural knowledge and commodities acquired by members of a subculture, raising their status and helping to differentiate themselves from members of other groups.
What part of speech is subcultural capital?
Subcultural capital is a noun.

Words near subcultural capital in the dictionary

  1. subcultrate
  2. subcultrated
  3. subcults
  4. subculturable
  5. subcultural
  6. subcultural capital
  7. subculturalist
  8. subculturalists
  9. subculturally
  10. subculture
  11. subcultured

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