Main Entry: hard–core

Pronunciation: \-ˈkȯr\

Function: adjective

Date: 1940

1 a : of, relating to, or being part of a hard core <hard–core poverty> <the hard–core unemployed> b : confirmed, die-hard <hard–core rock fans> <a hard–core liberal>
2 of pornography : containing explicit descriptions of sex acts or scenes of actual sex acts — compare soft-core
3 : characterized by or being the purest or most basic form of something : fundamental <a room gussied up in hard–core French provincial style — John Canaday>