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

Amid all the looming consciousness that our time on earth is precious, there are also specials unerringly devoted to utter stupidity, and even the comedians fixated on mortality are delivering life-affirming material, too. —Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025

In the eight books below, casual pursuits such as knitting, gardening, and drawing, undertaken with varying levels of skill and success, become life-affirming practices. —Sophia Stewart, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2025

Maggie is a hilarious and life-affirming spin on the divorce novel. —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

Rhymes for life-affirming

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