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demiurge
[ dem-ee-urj ]
noun
- Philosophy.
- Platonism. the artificer of the world.
- (in the Gnostic and certain other belief systems) a supernatural being imagined as creating or fashioning the world in subordination to the Supreme Being, and sometimes regarded as the originator of evil.
- (in many states of ancient Greece) a public official or magistrate.
demiurge
/ ˈdiː-; ˈdɛmɪˌɜːdʒ /
noun
- (in the philosophy of Plato) the creator of the universe
- (in Gnostic and some other philosophies) the creator of the universe, supernatural but subordinate to the Supreme Being
- (in ancient Greece) a magistrate with varying powers found in any of several states
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Derived Forms
- ˌdemiˈurgeous, adjective
- ˌdemiˈurgically, adverb
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Other Words From
- dem·i·ur·geous [dem-ee-, ur, -j, uh, s], dem·i·ur·gic dem·i·ur·gi·cal adjective
- dem·i·ur·gi·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of demiurge1
First recorded in 1590–1600; from Greek dēmiourgós “a worker for the people, public worker, skilled worker,” equivalent to dḗmio(s) “of the people, public” + -ergos “a worker,” derivative of érgon work ( none )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of demiurge1
C17: from Church Latin dēmiūrgus, from Greek dēmiourgos skilled workman, literally: one who works for the people, from dēmos people + ergon work
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Example Sentences
It was one of the forms symbolic of the Demiurge or Maker of our universe.
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The realm of his influence as a kind of Prometheus, or even as a demiurge, extends very far northwards.
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For the Demiurge now appears as an inferior being, who in reality executes the purposes of the good God.
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Since no one could keep this law, the whole human race fell under the curse, temporal and eternal, of the Demiurge.
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By the “works of the Demiurge,” which the Christian is to flee, he meant the whole “service of the perishable.”
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