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softcore

softcore noun: pornography that does not contain depictions of explicit sexual penetration.

Noun

softcore (uncountable)

  1. Pornography that does not contain depictions of explicit sexual penetration.

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

softcore meaning in Bengali

softcore in Bengali

নিষ্ঠাবান, আক্রমণাত্মক

Antonyms of softcore

Forms of softcore

comparativemore softcore
superlativemost softcore

Origin of softcore

From soft + core, by analogy with hardcore.

Words formed from softcore

Questions about softcore

What does softcore mean?
Softcore means pornography that does not contain depictions of explicit sexual penetration.
What is softcore in Bengali?
Softcore in Bengali is নিষ্ঠাবান, আক্রমণাত্মক. See Softcore meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is softcore?
Softcore can be a noun or an adjective.

Words near softcore in the dictionary

  1. softcoded
  2. softcodes
  3. softcoding
  4. softcopies
  5. softcopy
  6. softcore
  7. softcore pornography
  8. softcover
  9. softcovered
  10. softcovers
  11. softdelete

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Adapted from Wiktionary: softcore (page history and authors); softcore (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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