"life-affirming" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more life-affirming [comparative], most life-affirming [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} life-affirming (comparative more life-affirming, superlative most life-affirming)
  1. Having a positive and uplifting effect. Translations (having a positive and uplifting effect): 正能量 (zhèngnéngliàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 令人激動的 /令人激动的 (lìngrén jīdòng de) (Chinese Mandarin), kohottava (Finnish), ylentävä (Finnish), жизнеутвержда́ющий (žizneutverždájuščij) (Russian), livsbejakande (Swedish), життєстве́рдний (žyttjestvérdnyj) (Ukrainian), життєстве́рджувальний (žyttjestvérdžuvalʹnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-life-affirming-en-adj-Z77qnGe8 Disambiguation of 'having a positive and uplifting effect': 98 2
  2. Appearing to have an optimistic quality.
    Sense id: en-life-affirming-en-adj-ugonx8Ro Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 16 84
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