softcore
See also: soft-core
English
editEtymology
editFrom soft + core, by analogy with hardcore.
Pronunciation
editAudio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
editsoftcore (uncountable)
- Pornography that does not contain depictions of explicit sexual penetration.
Antonyms
editAdjective
editsoftcore (comparative more softcore, superlative most softcore)
- (slang, of music genres, subcultures, etc.) Less intense, committed or aggressive than hardcore.
- 1999, Lauraine Leblanc, Pretty in Punk: Girls' Gender Resistance in a Boys' Subculture, page 55:
- Distinct from hardcore punks, softcore punks expressed less commitment to punk values […]