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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Director Tony Benna’s life-affirming documentary inventively chronicles the marketing whiz’s limited time with family and friends.
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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
Better Broken sees her grappling with the messiness of humanity, the life-affirming act of overcoming challenges and coming back to herself.
—Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
Not life-affirming, not even self-affirming; affirmation seemingly without an object, miasmal as any vibe.
—Garth Greenwell, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
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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
Better Broken sees her grappling with the messiness of humanity, the life-affirming act of overcoming challenges and coming back to herself.
—Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
Not life-affirming, not even self-affirming; affirmation seemingly without an object, miasmal as any vibe.
—Garth Greenwell, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Life-affirming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life-affirming. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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