hardball

nouns

a no-nonsense attitude in business or politics
"they play hardball in the Senate"
is a type of (narrower)
a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways
"he had the attitude that work was fun"
baseball as distinguished from softball
antonym
is a type of (narrower)
a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
"he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"