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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Not in a selfish way but just in a life-affirming way.
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Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 June 2024
That ruling, delivered by Justice Samuel Alito, affirmed the humanity of the human embryo and fetus and ushered in a new era of life-affirming laws for unborn children across America.
—Brooke Stanton, National Review, 24 June 2024
That homespun quality, coupled with the engaging voice Succession star Sarah Snook brings to the long-suffering Gracie, turn an ostensibly bleak story into a life-affirming pleasure.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 14 June 2024
Who would think that the most uplifting, life-affirming piece of musical theater to have emerged from Broadway in the last decade would be about Sept. 11, 2001?
—Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 9 June 2024
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Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 June 2024
That ruling, delivered by Justice Samuel Alito, affirmed the humanity of the human embryo and fetus and ushered in a new era of life-affirming laws for unborn children across America.
—Brooke Stanton, National Review, 24 June 2024
That homespun quality, coupled with the engaging voice Succession star Sarah Snook brings to the long-suffering Gracie, turn an ostensibly bleak story into a life-affirming pleasure.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 14 June 2024
Who would think that the most uplifting, life-affirming piece of musical theater to have emerged from Broadway in the last decade would be about Sept. 11, 2001?
—Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 9 June 2024
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“Life-affirming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life-affirming. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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