Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

life-affirming

/lˈaɪfəfˌɝmɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.15 in modern English

Syllables: life-af-firm-ing
IPA: /lˈaɪfəfˌɝmɪŋ/

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a positive and uplifting effect.

adj

Appearing to have an optimistic quality.

Example Sentences

"The film was an utterly life-affirming experience."
"He thinks of giving to charity as a life-affirming act."
"She doesn't strike me as a particularly life-affirming person."
"These profit estimates for the next quarter don't look very life-affirming."

Etymology

Calque of French affirmation de la vie.

Inflected Forms

more life-affirming (comparative) most life-affirming (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce life-affirming?: The recorded pronunciation is /lˈaɪfəfˌɝmɪŋ/.
What does life-affirming mean?: Having a positive and uplifting effect.
Where does life-affirming come from?: Calque of French affirmation de la vie.

How to pronounce life-affirming

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