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.

Examples of life-affirming in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The trio, now reduced to a duo, excel at sequencing tracks and stacking ideas so their thoughts on overcoming grief and embracing the possibilities of growing older feel more life-affirming than cloying. —Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 25 Nov. 2025

Life Day, which traces its roots back to the Wookiee planet of Kashyyyk, celebrates the life-giving and life-affirming powers of the Tree of Life. —Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 13 Nov. 2025

Director Tony Benna’s life-affirming documentary inventively chronicles the marketing whiz’s limited time with family and friends. —Randy Myers, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025

Full of warmth, tenderness, and poetic brilliance, this 2025 Sundance Festival Favorite Award winner is a heartbreaking yet life-affirming celebration of creativity, partnership, and the enduring power of words to light the darkest times. —Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for life-affirming

• affirming
• confirming
• firming
• squirming
• terming
• worming
• reaffirming