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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Tuesday evening, and other life-affirming evenings like it, are good for football and for the soul.
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Steve Madeley, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Review: Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan provide stellar night at San Diego concert
Their Outlaw Music Festival performance was a life-affirming musical delight by the two American music icons.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2025
Photo London’s 10th anniversary edition proves that photography is an ever evolving art form that in the right hands has the ability to capture the most urgent, poignant, life-affirming images of our lives.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
It’s designed to honor moms and raise awareness for the organization’s mission to provide safe, life-affirming maternal care.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 12 May 2025
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Steve Madeley, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Review: Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan provide stellar night at San Diego concert
Their Outlaw Music Festival performance was a life-affirming musical delight by the two American music icons.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2025
Photo London’s 10th anniversary edition proves that photography is an ever evolving art form that in the right hands has the ability to capture the most urgent, poignant, life-affirming images of our lives.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
It’s designed to honor moms and raise awareness for the organization’s mission to provide safe, life-affirming maternal care.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 12 May 2025
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“Life-affirming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life-affirming. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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