See also: hard-core and Hardcore

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From hard +‎ core: hard to the core; 1936 (n.); 1951 (adj.)

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Adjective

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hardcore (comparative more hardcore, superlative most hardcore)

  1. Having an extreme dedication to a certain activity.
    Synonyms: diehard, steely-eyed, tough as nails, gung ho
    He's a hardcore gamer.
  2. (colloquial) Particularly intense; thrillingly dangerous or erratic; desirably violent in appearance; pleasing or "cool" due to intensity or danger.
    That show was hardcore, dude.
  3. Resistant to change.
  4. Obscene or explicit.
  5. (pornography) Depicting penetration and abnormal sexual activity.
  6. (music) Faster or more intense than the regular style.

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Noun

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hardcore (uncountable)

  1. Broken bricks, stone and/or other aggregate used as foundations, especially in road and path laying.
    • 2014 August 24, Jeff Howell, “Home improvements: gravel paths and cutting heating bills [print version: Cold comfort in technology, 23 August 2014, p. P5]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Property)[1]:
      You need to excavate and remove the topsoil, line the subsoil with a geotextile, then lay and compact hardcore.
  2. Several music genres, including:
    1. Hardcore punk.
      • 1981, Cary Darling, Billboard, page 10:
        Fields began recording the hardcore punk bands in 1978 when few others would.
    2. Gangsta rap.
    3. Hardcore techno.
    4. Jungle.
      • 1994 September, Simon Reynolds, “Above The Treeline”, in The Wire[2]:
        Always more multiracial than other post-Rave scenes, Hardcore got “blacker” as hiphop, Ragga, dub and Soul influences kicked in, and by 93 it had evolved into Jungle. By this point, Hardcore/Jungle (the terms remain interchangeable) was universally scorned by dance hipsters and banished from the media.
    5. Outlaw country.

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Descendants

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  • German: Hardcore
  • Russian: хардко́р m (xardkór)

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Adverb

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hardcore (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) In a hardcore manner; intensely or extremely.

Polish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English hardcore.

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Noun

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hardcore m inan

  1. (slang) something hardcore (particularly intense)
  2. (music) hardcore (hardcore punk or techno music)

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English hardcore.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hardcore m (plural hardcores)

  1. hardcore
    quiere ser hardcore y su mamá no lo deja
    he wants to be hardcore and his mother doesn't let him

Adjective

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hardcore (invariable)

  1. hardcore

Usage notes

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According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.