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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hard coreadjective

    the most dedicated and intensely loyal nucleus of a group or movement

  2. hard-coreadjective

    stubbornly resistant to change or improvement

    "hard-core addicts"

  3. hard-core, hardcoreadjective

    intensely loyal

    "his hard-core supporters"

  4. hard-core, hardcoreadjective

    extremely explicit

    "hard-core pornography"

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  1. hard-core

    Hard-core, often used as an adjective, refers to something that is intense, extreme, dedicated, or enthusiastic to a high degree. It represents the uncompromising, committed, fully immersed or deeply ingrained part of a particular thing, activity, or group. It can also imply something that is excessively explicit, harsh, severe, or intense, especially in the context of adult content or extreme behaviors.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hard-core in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hard-core in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of hard-core in a Sentence

  1. Shin Bet:

    The investigation uncovered that the suspects met secretly to discuss and promote Islamic State's ideology, the hard core among the activists are employed at schools in the Negev. Some took advantage of their position and attempted to plead the case for ISIS among pupils and teachers on school premises.

  2. Afrasiab Khattak:

    We have always stood for the independence of judiciary, but unfortunately they cannot deal with the hard-core terrorists.

  3. Christopher Trzaska:

    Donald Trump is destructive to Democracy, from our perspective... I'm referring to this election specifically, and getting a message out there that young people do not have to fall into the dichotomy of hard core Democrat leftism that often happens on college campuses, nor do they have to fall into the Donald Trump cult of personality trap that is also seen on college campuses.

  4. Lucy Lawless:

    The character is so morally corrupt by society's standards, not only today, but in those days, and, for me, that presents ethical issue, but because this is horror, and it's beautifully realized horror, I can't let my personal feelings get in the way. Honestly, I really had to consider the morality of even shooting some of these things. It's pretty hard-core stuff.

  5. Mike Yang:

    Before, it was more like hard-core gambling, now it's just a fun thing for me.


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