Meanings
adjectivelife-affirming (comparative more life-affirming, superlative most life-affirming)
comparative more life-affirming · superlative most life-affirming
- Appearing to have an optimistic quality.
She doesn't strike me as a particularly life-affirming person.
1 more example
These profit estimates for the next quarter don't look very life-affirming.
Origin
- Frenchaffirmation de la vie
- Englishlife-affirming
Calque of French affirmation de la vie.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 正能量, 令人激動的 /令人激动的
- 正能量 (zhèngnéngliàng)having a positive and uplifting effect
- 令人激動的 /令人激动的 (lìngrén jīdòng de)having a positive and uplifting effect
Danish livsbejaende
- livsbejaendehaving a positive and uplifting effect
Finnish kohottava, ylentävä
- kohottavahaving a positive and uplifting effect
- ylentävähaving a positive and uplifting effect
German lebensbejahend
- lebensbejahendhaving a positive and uplifting effect
Hungarian életigenlő
- életigenlőhaving a positive and uplifting effect
Italian vivificante
- vivificantehaving a positive and uplifting effect
Russian жизнеутвержда́ющий
- жизнеутвержда́ющий (žizneutverždájuščij)having a positive and uplifting effect
Swedish livsbejakande
- livsbejakandehaving a positive and uplifting effect
Ukrainian життєстве́рдний, життєстве́рджувальний
- життєстве́рдний (žyttjestvérdnyj)having a positive and uplifting effect
- життєстве́рджувальний (žyttjestvérdžuvalʹnyj)having a positive and uplifting effect
Cite this entry
APA
life-affirming. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/life-affirming
MLA
“life-affirming.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/life-affirming. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “life-affirming,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/life-affirming.
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