love of life
Joy in living
Love of life is an attitude of embracing existence with enthusiasm and gratitude.
It suggests finding joy in daily experience and valuing one's time alive: Her love of life was infectious—she found wonder in ordinary things.
The phrase often appears in descriptions of people who maintain optimism despite hardship, or in eulogies celebrating how someone lived.
- carpe diemGrasp the present moment
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- gratitudeThankfulness for kindness received
- positivityHopeful mental orientation
- joyIntense positive emotion
zest · seize the day · exhilaration · humanism · curiosity · joie de vivre · enthusiasm · optimism · existentialism · adventure · awe · flourishing · biophilia · contentment · glass half full · creativity · spontaneity · hopefulness
love of lifedespair
Total absence of hope
death wish · nihilism · world-weariness · hopelessness · existential despair
love of lifedeath wish
Urge toward self-destruction
self-destructiveness · morbidity · fatalism · suicidal ideation · self-annihilation
love of lifeapathy
Absence of feeling
ennui · listlessness · numbness · disengagement · detachment
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