Word choice help

[jambone]

Here the sentance

“Ghost Soldiers” portrays O’Brien’s change in perspectives, from prewar (insert word here) to postwar inimicality.

i'm trying to say a desire to be normal but i need a word for it.

 

[ECGove]

normality?

 

[ummmmm53]

Simplicities, maybe? I dunno i just wrote a paper on O'briens "The things they carried"

 

[jambone]

It can't b an adverb and it has to describe his mental/emotion state rather than his physical

 

[jambone]

anyone

 

[ski.trees]

i just read that book like a month ago.

maybe custom/customary sorta

 

[jambone]

going once....

 

[eyeLiektoSkee]

do dictionary.com or thesaurus.com and just get the antonym for the word you used at the end, i forget what it is.

 

[jimmychung]

serenity?

 

[hendrik.]

state of normalcy...yes, its a word, and its a very good one. you should use it, and tell your teacher to kiss your ass =)

 

[eyeLiektoSkee]

benevolence, it means friendliness, which you could also use although it doesn sound as good.

 

[eastskater180]

dont really think that inimicality is a word

 

[eyeLiektoSkee]

in·im·i·cal /ɪˈnɪmɪkəl/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[i-nim-i-kuhl] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–adjective 1. adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful: a climate inimical to health.

2. unfriendly; hostile: a cold, inimical gaze.

Also, in·im·i·ca·ble.

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[Origin: 1635–45; < L inimîc(us) unfriendly, hostile (see enemy) + -al1]

—Related forms

in·im·i·cal·ly, adverb

in·im·i·cal·ness, in·im·i·cal·i·ty, noun

—Synonyms 1. noxious. 2. antagonistic. See hostile.

—Antonyms 2. friendly.