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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For too long, many of us in the marketing industry have been complacent, talking a good game about this fabled cohort of affluent, life-affirming oldies.
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Tim Wragg, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
All proceeds go toward providing life-affirming services to women, men, students and families through our Real Options medical clinics and outreach programs in the Bay Area.
—Jake Richardson, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
These centers provide comprehensive, life-affirming care, from cancer screenings to prenatal and postpartum services, without destroying human life.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
But rather the simple act of playing pretend, which, when done in a maximum security prison facility and by men of color specifically, can be a defiant, life-affirming and rehabilitating act in itself.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2025
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Tim Wragg, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
All proceeds go toward providing life-affirming services to women, men, students and families through our Real Options medical clinics and outreach programs in the Bay Area.
—Jake Richardson, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
These centers provide comprehensive, life-affirming care, from cancer screenings to prenatal and postpartum services, without destroying human life.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
But rather the simple act of playing pretend, which, when done in a maximum security prison facility and by men of color specifically, can be a defiant, life-affirming and rehabilitating act in itself.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Life-affirming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life-affirming. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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