demigod

[ dem-ee-god ]

noun

1. a mythological being who is partly divine and partly human; an inferior deity.
2. a deified mortal.

demigod

/ ˈdɛmɪˌɡɒd /

noun

1. 1. a mythological being who is part mortal, part god
   2. a lesser deity
2. a person with outstanding or godlike attributes

Derived Forms

• ˈdemiˌgoddess, noun:feminine

Word History and Origins

Origin of demigod¹

1520–30; translation of Latin sēmideus. See demi-, god ( def )

Word History and Origins

Origin of demigod¹

C16: translation of Latin sēmideus

Example Sentences

The production does not seemingly distinguish among the three parts: “The Hungry Ghost and Hell Realms,” “The Animal, Human and Demigod Realms” and “The Realm of the Shamans.”

From Los Angeles Times

Sinwar was not just the military and then the political leader of Hamas, but also its very personification, in much the same way that Saddam Hussein was the emblem of Iraq’s Baathist Party and Adolf Hitler was the sworn-to demigod of the Nazis.

From Slate

The show kicked off with Cravalho performing “We’re Back,” a song from the upcoming “Moana 2,” which reunites the film’s eponymous hero with the demigod Maui for a new adventure.

From Los Angeles Times

“I take advantage of the distance in time to treat the boy’s father as a potential suspect in his kidnap and murder; like all the others on the list, a fallible human being, not a demigod,” Pearlman wrote in a 2020 book, “The Lindbergh Kidnapping Suspect No. 1: The Man Who Got Away.”

From Seattle Times

Based on the popular young-adult book series by Rick Riordan, the show, which debuted in December, stars Walker Scobell as the titular character who discovers that he is actually a demigod and has been tasked with recovering Zeus’ master lightning bolt before a war breaks out between gods on Olympus.

From Los Angeles Times

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