cultural literacy

English

Noun

cultural literacy (countable and uncountable, plural cultural literacies)

1. Knowledge of and ability to discuss the history of and major concepts underlying a culture, particularly one's own and those of one's peers.

   Critics of contemporary culture generally posit a steep decline in cultural literacy.

References

• Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know, by Ed Hirsch, →ISBN, Copyright 1988.