soft-core
[ sawft-kawr, -kohr, soft- ]
/ ˈsɔftˈkɔr, -ˈkoʊr, ˈsɒft- /
adjective
of, relating to, or containing sexually arousing depictions that are not fully explicit: soft-core pornography.Compare hard-core(def 2).
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Origin of soft-core
First recorded in 1965–70
Words nearby soft-core
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Example sentences from the Web for softcore
College girls invade Butler library to make a softcore statement on “female hysteria.”
The cover was relatively demure given more recent issues and seemed to signal a turning point for the softcore sex magazine.
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British Dictionary definitions for softcore
soft-core
adjective
(of pornography) suggestive and titillating through not being totally explicit or detailed
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