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hardcore

hardcore

20 9.1
Very explicit sexual content that is not suitable for young people
  • adjective
  • /ˈhɑrdˌkɔr/
  • Offensive
translation icon : explícito
  • Actually, making hardcore movies, I went in at 29.
  • hardcore porn
  • hardcore pornography
  • hardcore sex

I, I won't do porn, like full on hardcore porn.

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Examples

  • Does she like classic '80s hardcore?

  • She's going out with that guy who does the hardcore shows.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • This is pretty hardcore, even for me.

  • What if they focused on bringing "mature" and "hardcore" content to their system at launch?

    Blog text (4)
  • Next we have the mountains of hardcore pornography, most of it from Germany.

  • Romance novels are almost exclusively consumed by women; around the world, hardcore pornography is almost exclusively consumed by men.

    Academic text (2013)
  • If anything, Dark Souls completely redefined the term 'hardcore' and revitalized the dungeon-crawler genre in the process.

    Blog text (13)
  • The late-night movie featured hardcore adult content that shocked many viewers.

  • Critics noted that the magazine's hardcore articles explored graphic subjects without reservations.

  • He warned his friends that the documentary included hardcore footage of the event.

Synonyms

graphic
vshardcore
  • Offensive
100 6.0

Very clear and detailed about violent or sexual scenes

focuses more narrowly on sexual content and extreme uncensored detail
raunchy
vshardcore
  • Offensive
17 8.6

Content about sex that is rude and shocking

is more about raw explicitness than vulgar or shocking tone
hard-core
vshardcore
  • Offensive
3 9.1

Content that shows sexual acts clearly

is the identical sense but written as one unhyphenated word in modern usage
explicit
vshardcore
  • NSFW
7.4

Content that shows sexual or violent details clearly

is stronger, indicating extreme uncensored depiction rather than mere clarity

Antonyms

107 1.0

Something like pain and criticism that is not very strong or serious

Compounds

hardcore fan
  • Informal
3 3.7

A person who loves something like a band or team a lot and shows strong support

6.3

A person who loves an activity very much and spends a lot of time on it

How Explicit

pornographic
  • Offensive
49 7.2
hardcore
  • Offensive
20 9.1
explicit
  • NSFW
7.4
tame
20 3.7

Surface Forms

hardcore positive

Morphology

hardcore = hard + core (transparent) = hard + core

The sense 'extremely explicit' is a direct extension of 'hard' (intense/unsoftened) + 'core' (central/most extreme part), so learners can infer it denotes the most extreme form.

Etymology

Hardcore comes from the parts hard and core, where hard means 'tough or intense' and core means 'center', like an 'apple core'. So Hardcore is the most intense or extreme form of something, which is why it describes very explicit, not mild, material.