softcore

Pornography that does not contain depictions of explicit sexual penetration.

Adjective

  1. Less intense, committed or aggressive than hardcore.
    • Distinct from hardcore punks, softcore punks expressed less commitment to punk values […] - 1999, Lauraine Leblanc, Pretty in Punk: Girls' Gender Resistance in a Boys' Subculture, page 55:

Origin

From soft + core, by analogy with hardcore.

Forms

more softcore most softcore

Derived

softcore pornography

Noun

  1. Pornography that does not contain depictions of explicit sexual penetration.

Antonyms

hardcore