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Meaning of "life-affirming" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LIFE-AFFIRMING

life-affirming  [ˈlaɪfəfɜːmɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LIFE-AFFIRMING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Life-Affirming is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LIFE-AFFIRMING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

life-affirming

Nietzschean affirmation

Nietzschean affirmation is a concept in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. An exemplary formulation of this kind of affirmation can be sought in Nietzsche's Nachlass: If we affirm one moment, we thus affirm not only ourselves but all existence. For nothing is self-sufficient, neither in us ourselves nor in things; and if our soul has trembled with happiness and sounded like a harp string just once, all eternity was needed to produce this one event - and in this single moment of affirmation all eternity was called good, redeemed, justified, and affirmed. —Nietzsche, Friedrich, The Will to Power. New York: Random House, 1967.

Definition of life-affirming in the English dictionary

The definition of life-affirming in the dictionary is having or showing a positive outlook that encourages optimism about life.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LIFE-AFFIRMING


alarming
əˈlɑːmɪŋ
assuming
əˈsjuːmɪŋ
blooming
ˈbluːmɪŋ
booming
ˈbuːmɪŋ
brainstorming
ˈbreɪnˌstɔːmɪŋ
calming
ˈkɑːmɪŋ
charming
ˈtʃɑːmɪŋ
consuming
kənˈsjuːmɪŋ
dreaming
ˈdriːmɪŋ
farming
ˈfɑːmɪŋ
gleaming
ˈɡliːmɪŋ
grooming
ˈɡruːmɪŋ
performing
pəˈfɔːmɪŋ
screaming
ˈskriːmɪŋ
seeming
ˈsiːmɪŋ
squirming
ˈskwɜːmɪŋ
steaming
ˈstiːmɪŋ
storming
ˈstɔːmɪŋ
streaming
ˈstriːmɪŋ
warming
ˈwɔːmɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LIFE-AFFIRMING

life sentence
life space
life span
life story
life support
life table
life tenancy
life vest
life-and-death
life-enhancing
life-giving
life-or-death
life-saver
life-saving
life-size
life-sized
life-support
life-support machine
life-support system
life-threatening

WORDS THAT END LIKE LIFE-AFFIRMING

arming
barnstorming
becoming
disarming
factory farming
fish farming
global warming
gold farming
heart-warming
house-warming
intensive farming
mixed farming
organic farming
pharming
poultry farming
Prince Charming
self-harming
sheep farming
steam reforming
subsistence farming
terraforming

Synonyms and antonyms of life-affirming in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «life-affirming» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LIFE-AFFIRMING

Find out the translation of life-affirming to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of life-affirming from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «life-affirming» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

肯定生命
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

que afirma la vida
570 millions of speakers

English

life-affirming
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जीवन की पुष्टि
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تأكيدا للحياة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

жизнеутверждающая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

de afirmação da vida
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জীবন-affirming
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

affirmation de la vie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengesahkan kehidupan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

lebensbejahende
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

生命を肯定
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

삶 을 긍정
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyengkuyung urip
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khẳng định cuộc sống
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வாழ்க்கை உறுதிப்படுத்தியது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जीवन-पुष्टीकरण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yaşamı onaylayan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

di affermazione della vita
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

afirmacji życia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

життєстверджуюча
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

- viață afirmarea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ζωή -βεβαιώνοντας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lewens-bevestigende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

livsbejakande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

livsbejaende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of life-affirming

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LIFE-AFFIRMING»

The term «life-affirming» is regularly used and occupies the 92.003 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LIFE-AFFIRMING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about life-affirming

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9 QUOTES WITH «LIFE-AFFIRMING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word life-affirming.
1
Sanjeev Bhaskar
Alan Alda and his wife Arlene are two of the most life-affirming people I've ever met. He espoused equal rights for women while producing, writing, acting in and directing 'M*A*S*H'; he used to commute between the set and home because he didn't want to disrupt his kids' schooling.
2
Peter Capaldi
When I first came to London, I loved hanging around in cafes, smoking, scribbling, dreaming. It was life-affirming and fun.
3
Alexandra Fuller
The memoirs that have come out of Africa are sometimes startlingly beautiful, often urgent, and essentially life-affirming, but they are all performances of courage and honesty.
4
Henry Giroux
Undermining life-affirming social solidarities and any viable notion of the public good, right-wing politicians trade in forms of idiocy and superstition that mesmerize the illiterate and render the thoughtful cynical and disengaged.
5
Martin McDonagh
There have to be moments when you glimpse something decent, something life-affirming even in the most twisted character. That's where the real art lies. See, I always suspect characters who are painted as lovely, decent human beings. I would always question where the darkness lies.
6
Dennis Miller
Never ever discount the idea of marriage. Sure, someone might tell you that marriage is just a piece of paper. Well, so is money, and what's more life-affirming than cold, hard cash?
7
Anthony Minghella
I have always believed that there is a need for life-affirming films.
8
Simon Sinek
We live in times of high stress. Messages that are simple, messages that are inspiring, messages that are life-affirming, are a welcome break from our real lives.
9
Sophie Thompson
I've just finished reading a book about the brilliant Margaret Rutherford. She wasn't a beauty, but inside she was absolutely blazing and passionate about her work. She's one of those life-affirming characters.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIFE-AFFIRMING»

Discover the use of life-affirming in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to life-affirming and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Poverty of Life-affirming Work: Motherwork, Education, ...
Challenges current thinking about welfare mothers by relating motherwork to subsistence work and by providing first-hand accounts of poor mothers marginalized by racial and economic factors.
Mechthild Ursula Hart, 2002
2
Joy Is a Plum Colored Acrobat: 45 Life-Affirming ...
Introduces a collection of forty-five life-affirming visualizations designed to bring comfort, healing, and joy to cancer sufferers and to serve as a path to stimulate the imaginations of cancer patients navigating their own path through ...
Wendy Burton, 2004
3
Life-affirming acts: education as transformation in the ...
Life-Affirming Acts is a journey into trust - trusting what students know and what teachers and students can produce when they collaborate in nurturing and creative environments.
Hector Julio Vila, 2000
4
Beyond Death Anxiety: Achieving Life-Affirming Death Awareness
"This book fruitfully serves those looking to apply Ernest Becker's ideas psychotherapeutically, in individual counseling or in group therapy.
Dr. Robert Firestone PhD, Dr. Joyce Catlett PhD, 2009
5
Between hello & goodbye: a life-affirming story of courage ...
A successful advertising agency executive describes her widowhood, her relationship with and second marriage to Ed McNeilly, the diagnosis of his cancer, and their life-affirming attitude toward living with the disease
Jean Craig, 1991
6
He Restores My Soul: Life Affirming Meditations on the Psalms
You as a reader may or may not agree with this interpretation of the Scripture. That is as it was intended. This work is merely a starting point from which the reader can delve more deeply and discover their own truth in the words.
Pamela Thomas, 2013
7
Celebrate Vegan: 200 Life-Affirming Recipes for Occasions ...
This book covers the spectrum of holidays from across the globe--public, religious, and even quirky, lesser-known holidays.
Dynise Balcavage, 2011
8
Nietzsche's Noble Aims: Affirming Life, Contesting Modernity
This innovative volume presents an account of Nietzsche's claims about noble, life-affirming ways of life, analyzes the source of such claims, and explores the political vision that springs from them.
Paul E. Kirkland, 2009
9
Crossings: Everyday People, Unexpected Events, and ...
Heckler tells the stories of people who have experienced life-altering events and charts how change in people’s lives comes in many forms.
Richard A. Heckler, 1998
10
The Power of a Broken-Open Heart: Life-Affirming Wisdom from ...
It also heightens our attunement to nature's cycle of seasons, as well as our own, which moves us full tilt into our living and eventually into our dying. This is not an instruction manual. Nor is it a set of religious guidelines.
Julie Interrante, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIFE-AFFIRMING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term life-affirming is used in the context of the following news items.
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FILM REVIEW: Inside Out (U) | Plymouth Herald
... ultimately life-affirming adventure that celebrates childhood innocence, family unity and the power of the human spirit to overcome adversity. «Plymouth Herald, Jul 15»
2
Making a genuine impact - Isle of Man Today
It was suggested that simply 'trying to do minimal harm' to the environment sets a low bar for living and that it's much more life-affirming to aim ... «Isle of Man Today, Jul 15»
3
When a Magazine Only Wants You If You're Willing to Pose Nude
... best when they're naked and not complaining. And I feel sooo blessed for every one of these sweet life-affirming moments society creates. «Jezebel, Jul 15»
4
Freedom Coalition Festival at Irvine Ike | OC Weekly
... made the former announcement, another singer grabbed the mic and offered her life-affirming comment: she was a red hair-dye survivor. «OC Weekly, Jul 15»
5
Greenwich's Paletta Makes “Doing Good” Easier than Ever
Paletta is proof positive of an evolving, compassionate person living just that kind of healthy, life-affirming existence. Paletta, founder of ... «Greenwich Sentinel, Jul 15»
6
Ruby Rose Fox talks music, Beverly performance - News - Beverly …
They been really life-affirming. Q: Your song “Dear Leonard Cohen” really stands out to me. Have you written any other songs about any of your ... «Wicked Local Beverly, Jul 15»
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Interview: Earth, Wind & Fire proved music 'could change the world …
... life-affirming power that could change the world,”€ as Phillip Bailey puts it in “Shining Star: Braving the Elements of Earth, Wind & Fire,”€ his ... «Wicked Local Brookline, Jul 15»
8
Why Greeks hate Jews, or Talmud and tragedy: Spengler | Asia Times
Those who have not acquired it seek “life-affirming” illusions that distract their bearers from their underlying revulsion from life, of which the ... «Asia Times, Jul 15»
9
Hundreds put best foot forward in Komen race : Rutland Herald Online
But it is also about doing something life-affirming — a need for which takes on greater urgency after surviving something like cancer. «Rutland Herald, Jul 15»
10
Memory Care Center opens at Moorings Park - Naples Daily News
The Memory Care Center has been purposely designed to provide a life-affirming and comfortable home that addresses the needs of those ... «Naples Daily News, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Life-Affirming [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/life-affirming>. May 2024 ».
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