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HARD-CORE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hard-core mean?
• HARD-CORE (adjective)
The adjective HARD-CORE has 3 senses:
1. stubbornly resistant to change or improvement
2. intensely loyal
3. extremely explicit
Familiarity information: HARD-CORE used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stubbornly resistant to change or improvement
Context example:
hard-core addicts
Similar:
inflexible (incapable of change)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Intensely loyal
Synonyms:
hard-core; hardcore
Context example:
his hard-core supporters
Similar:
loyal (steadfast in allegiance or duty)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Extremely explicit
Synonyms:
hard-core; hardcore
Context example:
hard-core pornography
Similar:
explicit; expressed (precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication)
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