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hard-core

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hard-core also hard·core (härdkôr, -kr)
adj.
1. Intensely loyal; die-hard: a hard-core secessionist; a hard-core golfer.
2. Stubbornly resistant to improvement or change: hard-core poverty.
3. Extremely graphic or explicit: hard-core pornography.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.hard-core - stubbornly resistant to change or improvement; "hard-core addicts"
inflexible - incapable of change; "a man of inflexible purpose"
2.hard-core - intensely loyal; "his hard-core supporters"
loyal - steadfast in allegiance or duty; "loyal subjects"; "loyal friends stood by him"
3.hard-core - extremely explicit; "hard-core pornography"
explicit, expressed - precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication; "explicit instructions"; "she made her wishes explicit"; "explicit sexual scenes"

hard-core
adjective
1. dyed-in-the-wool, extreme, dedicated, rigid, staunch, die-hard, steadfast, obstinate, intransigent a hard-core group of right-wing senators
2. explicit, obscene, pornographic, X-rated (informal) jailed for peddling hard-core porn videos through the post
Translations
hard-core [ˈhɑːdkɔːʳ] ADJ [pornography] → duro; [supporter, militant, activist] → acérrimo; [conservative, communist] → acérrimo, empedernido
see also hard
hard-core [ˌhɑːdˈkɔːʳ]
1. adj
a. (pornography) → hard-core inv
b. (supporters) → irriducibile
2. n
a. (supporters) → zoccolo duro
b. (for roads, foundations) → massicciata


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