hardcore
hardcore Lexical Profile
hardcore Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Unwaveringly committed, dedicated, or uncompromising in support of a group, activity, or belief.
"Even the most hardcore supporters of the team were disappointed by the lackluster performance in the finals."
Intense, extreme, or uncompromising in nature, difficulty, or presentation.
"The ultramarathon is a hardcore endurance challenge that takes runners across rugged mountain terrain."
Chronic, persistent, and resistant to change or remediation (especially of social or economic conditions).
"The new policy aims to reduce hardcore unemployment through targeted vocational training."
• noun
The most committed, unwavering, and active members of a group, movement, or organization.
"A small hardcore of volunteers stayed behind in the pouring rain to finish cleaning up the park."
An aggressive, fast-paced subgenre of punk rock music that originated in the late 1970s, or a high-tempo style of electronic dance music.
"The local music venue became famous in the 1980s for hosting underground hardcore bands."
British Coarse fragments of broken bricks, stone, or concrete used as a solid foundation beneath roads, paths, or building floors.
"The builders laid a thick layer of compacted hardcore before pouring the concrete driveway."
Word Origin & Etymology
Originally a mid-19th-century British engineering term referring to coarse rubble or broken stone used to form a solid foundation for roads; the figurative sociological sense of an unyielding or irreducible nucleus of people emerged in the 1930s.