hard core
hard core • n. the most active, committed, or doctrinaire members of a group or movement: there is always a hard core of trusty stalwarts | [as adj.] a hard core following. ∎ popular music that is experimental in nature and typically characterized by high volume and aggressive presentation. ∎ pornography of an explicit kind: [as adj.] hard-core porn.
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