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Meaning of "soft-core" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SOFT-CORE

soft-core play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOFT-CORE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Soft-Core is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SOFT-CORE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Softcore pornography

Softcore pornography or softcore is commercial still photography or film which has a pornographic or erotic component, but that is less sexually explicit and intensive than hardcore pornography. Softcore pornography is intended to be sexually arousing, and typically contains nude and semi-nude performers and sex scenes. Total nudity is now commonplace in magazines and photography, and increasingly so in film and television. It is also to be found on the Internet. Softcore pornography may also contain depictions of sexual activity, such as sexual intercourse or masturbation, though the sexual activity is typically simulated. Softcore pornography typically does not contain explicit depictions of vaginal or anal penetration, cunnilingus, fellatio and ejaculation. Depictions of erections of the penis may not be allowed, although attitudes towards this are changing. Commercial pornography can be differentiated from erotica, which has high-art aspirations.

Definition of soft-core in the English dictionary

The definition of soft-core in the dictionary is suggestive and titillating through not being totally explicit or detailed.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOFT-CORE

soft-boiled
soft-boiled egg
soft-bound
soft-centred
soft-coated wheaten terrier
soft-cover
soft-finned
soft-focus
soft-focus lens
soft-footed
soft-headed
soft-headedness
soft-launch
soft-liner
soft-pedal
soft-pedalled
soft-pedalling
soft-shell
soft-shell clam
soft-shell crab

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOFT-CORE

aggregate score
albacore
apgar score
common core
core
encore
fourscore
hard core
hardcore
manticore
outscore
over the score
raw score
score
settle a score
the score
threescore
topscore
Travancore
underscore

Synonyms and antonyms of soft-core in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «soft-core» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOFT-CORE

Find out the translation of soft-core to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of soft-core from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «soft-core» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

软核
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

soft-core
570 millions of speakers

English

soft-core
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नरम कोर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لينة النواة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ненавязчивая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

soft-core
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নরম-কোর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

soft-core
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lembut-teras
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Soft-Core-
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ソフトコアの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

소프트 코어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Alus-inti
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mềm lõi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மென்மையான மைய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मऊ-कोर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yumuşak çekirdekli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

soft-core
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

miękki rdzeń
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ненав´язлива
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

soft- core
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

soft - core
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sagte kern
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

soft -core
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

soft -core
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of soft-core

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOFT-CORE»

The term «soft-core» is regularly used and occupies the 84.921 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOFT-CORE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «soft-core» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «soft-core» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about soft-core

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOFT-CORE»

Discover the use of soft-core in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to soft-core and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Soft Core: Moral Crusades Against Pornography in Britain and ...
An incisive challenge to pressure groups seeking to outlaw soft-core material which raises awkward questions about sections of the women's movement, media coverage of the pornography debate and the major political parties' involvement in ...
William Thompson, 1994
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Spatial Updating of Grand Canonical Monte Carlo Algorithms: ...
... CA PUBLICATIONS C. J. O'Keeffe, Ren, R. and G. Orkoulas, "Spatial updating grand canonical Monte Carlo algorithms for fluid simulation: generalization to soft -core potentials and parallel implementation, " J , Chem Physs., 23423 122321, ...
Christopher James O'Keeffe, 2008
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Processor Design: System-On-Chip Computing for ASICs and FPGAs
James Ball Altera, Inc. In the mid to late 1990s, soft-core FPGA processors were of interest only to the academic community due to their high cost and low performance. A soft-core FPGA processor might have been able to fit in an 1990's FPGA ...
Jari Nurmi, 2007
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Extreme Positions: --the Soft-core Industry Exposed
You have great energy and are full of life and, my god, you sure know how to write.... Great fun. I really like the poetry-immensely! .The book is a seamless entity. telling the story of a man in the beginnings of the new century.
Stephen C. Bett, 2009
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The Secret Chain: Evolution and Ethics
Therefore, soft core altruism is not "true" altruism (cf. Wilson, 1979, p. 155). Soft core altruism is also ultimately "selfish," because a soft core altruist acts in anticipation of rewards that will benefit self. As far as the case can be made for reducing ...
Michael Bradie, 1994
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Small Animal Dental Equipment, Materials and Techniques: A ...
... Cores 6/Pkg #45-80 79 Soft-Core Endodontic Obturator 86 Heating Device i4 Soft-Core Endodontic Obturators 6/Pkg #20 72 Soft-Core Endodontic Obturators 6/Pkg #25 I6 Soft-Core Endodontic Obturators 6/Pkg #30 i1 Soft-Core Endodontic  ...
Jan Bellows, 2008
7
Vortices in Unconventional Superconductors and Superfluids
By the soft core we mean a core whose size is much larger than £(T, P). Within the soft core primarily the orientation of the order parameter changes. The larger the soft core diameter, the smoother the distribution of the order-parameter ...
Rudolf Huebener, N. Schopohl, Grigory Volovik, 2002
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Embedded Processor-Based Self-Test
A soft core consists of a synthesizable HDL description that can be synthesized into different semiconductor processes and design libraries. A firm core contains more structural information, usually a gate-level netlist that is ready for placement  ...
Dimitris Gizopoulos, A. Paschalis, Yervant Zorian, 2004
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
0 471-481 Soft core 0.1 to 0.3 ft long 3. 5 481-488 Soft core 0.1 to 0.4 ft long. Sample at 482 ft contains abundant phenocrysts of quartz, moderate amounts of alkali and plagioclase feldspar, and scattered biotite, as well as many primary rock ...
‎1963
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
Depth (feet) Core recovery (feet) 461-471 Soft core 0.2 to 0.5 ft long; some sand. Consists of abundant shards and moderate amounts of pumice 7. 0 471-481 Soft core 0.1 to 0.3 ft long 3.5 481-488 Soft core 0.1 to 0.4 ft long. Sample at 482 ft ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1963

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOFT-CORE»

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Eighteenth-Century Guide to Prostitutes or Soft-Core Erotic Fiction?
Mrs. Fr—d—r—ck can be found at No. 20 Carlisle Street, in Soho, and “is rather remarkable in having a fine Roman nose.” Mrs. Mck—z— of No. 12 John Street ... «The New Yorker, Apr 15»
2
500 shades of grey: Fifty Shades's success prompts soft-core swamp
Mr Grey will see you now, and he's brought some similarly minded friends. Hollywood is set to adapt a slew of softcore erotica novels for the big screen as ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
3
Soft-Core Fascism
There are infinite gradations of terrorization, the thin line from soft-core to hard-core manifestations of fascism often being hard to determine, especially since ... «CounterPunch, Oct 14»
4
Bill Maher Reads Some Steamy Soft-Core Conservative Porn
This week Rupert Murdoch acquired Harlequin, the publishing outfit known for those incredibly steamy softcore porn, housewife-fetish books. Well, now that ... «Mediaite, May 14»
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Jon Hamm recalls working on soft-core porn films: 'It was soul …
"I was actually at that time working as a set dresser for Cinemax softcore porn movies," Hamm, 43, said. "It was soul-crushing." His time outside the spotlight ... «New York Daily News, May 14»
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SyFy Channel - the home of “soft-core” science fiction?
In Hollywood, the woods are full of people that learned to write, but evidently can't read. If they could read their stuff, they'd stop writing. - Will Rogers. «Arkansas Times, Aug 12»
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The Best of TV Soft-Core (NSFW)
You know you loved these shows--after it got dark and everyone else in the house went to bed, those soft-core wonders of cock-socks and strategically placed ... «Houston Press, Mar 11»

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