hard-core pornography
Uncensored sexual material
Hard-core pornography is sexually explicit material showing actual intercourse, penetration, or genitalia in graphic detail.
The term distinguishes it from soft-core pornography, which depicts nudity and simulated sex without explicit genital contact.
Legal definitions vary by jurisdiction, but hard-core generally means nothing is left to imagination: The store kept hard-core pornography behind the counter.
Often shortened to hard-core or hardcore.
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