soft-core

[ sawft-kawr, -kohr, soft- ]

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adjective

of, relating to, or containing sexually arousing depictions that are not fully explicit: soft-core pornography.: Compare hard-core (def. 2).

Origin of soft-core

First recorded in 1965–70

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How to use soft-core in a sentence

College girls invade Butler library to make a softcore statement on “female hysteria.”
Columbia’s Pompous Butler Library Porno | Lizzie Crocker | February 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The cover was relatively demure given more recent issues and seemed to signal a turning point for the softcore sex magazine.
Not So Fast, ‘Playboy’: the Kate Moss Cover May Not Be a Big Turning Point | The Fashion Beast Team | December 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Japanese adult video actresses and Hong Kong softcore starlets have been popular in China before, but never like this.
Porn Star Sora Aoi Is Taking China by Storm | Isaac Stone Fish | May 20, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for soft-core

soft-core

adjective

(of pornography) suggestive and titillating through not being totally explicit or detailed

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