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soft-core

soft-core is the alternative form of softcore.

Meaning of softcore

Adjective

softcore (comparative more softcore, superlative most softcore)

  1. (slang, usually) Less intense, committed or aggressive than hardcore.
    • Distinct from hardcore punks, softcore punks expressed less commitment to punk values […]1999, Lauraine Leblanc, Pretty in Punk: Girls' Gender Resistance in a Boys' Subculture, page 55

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Forms of soft-core

comparativemore soft-core
superlativemost soft-core

Questions about soft-core

What is soft-core the alternative form of?
Soft-core is the alternative form of softcore.

Words near soft-core in the dictionary

  1. soft-brick
  2. soft-cancel
  3. soft-close
  4. Soft-coated Wheaten Terrier
  5. Soft-coated Wheaten Terriers
  6. soft-core
  7. soft-delete
  8. soft-dotted
  9. soft-drinkless
  10. soft-float
  11. soft-gamma repeater

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Adapted from Wiktionary: soft-core (page history and authors); softcore (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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