hard core
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Tweet n. 1. The most dedicated, unfailingly loyal faction of a group or organization: the hard core of the separatist movement. 2. An intractable core or nucleus of a society, especially one that is stubbornly resistant to improvement or change. |
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hard·core
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Tweet adj. also hard-core (härdkôr′) 1. Intensely loyal; die-hard: a hardcore secessionist; a hardcore golfer. 2. Stubbornly resistant to improvement or change: hardcore poverty. 3. Extremely graphic or explicit: hardcore pornography. n. A form of exceptionally harsh punk rock. |
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