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hard core
the firm, unyielding, or unchanging central part or group
adjective
- constituting or of a hard core
- absolute; unqualified: a hard-core radical
- explicit, rather than suggestive, in the portrayal of sexual acts; graphic: hard-core pornography
See hard core in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- The most dedicated, unfailingly loyal faction of a group or organization: the hard core of the separatist movement.
- An intractable core or nucleus of a society, especially one that is stubbornly resistant to improvement or change.
- often hard·core (härdˈkôrˌ, -kōrˌ) A form of exceptionally harsh punk rock.
also hard·core
adjective- Intensely loyal; die-hard: a hard-core secessionist; a hard-core golfer.
- Stubbornly resistant to improvement or change: hard-core poverty.
- Extremely graphic or explicit: hard-core pornography.
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