life-affirming
adjective
: indicating that life has value : positive and optimistic
Even though the heroine dies at the end, her struggle for a better world gives the movie a life-affirming message.
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Maggie is a hilarious and life-affirming spin on the divorce novel.
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Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 1 July 2025
The slow book project gives us something money never will, and that is the prolonged act of creating life-affirming experiences.
—Stephanie Elizondo Griest
june 30, Literary Hub, 30 June 2025
There are life-affirming options before a woman conceives.
—Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
And for them, solving murders, consorting with mobsters, and adopting aliases all turn out to be more life-affirming—not to mention entertaining—than chair yoga and a salt-free diet.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 25 June 2025
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Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 1 July 2025
The slow book project gives us something money never will, and that is the prolonged act of creating life-affirming experiences.
—Stephanie Elizondo Griest
june 30, Literary Hub, 30 June 2025
There are life-affirming options before a woman conceives.
—Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
And for them, solving murders, consorting with mobsters, and adopting aliases all turn out to be more life-affirming—not to mention entertaining—than chair yoga and a salt-free diet.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 25 June 2025
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“Life-affirming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life-affirming. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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