demiurge

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D0122900 (dĕm′ē-ûrj′)n.1. A powerful creative force or personality.2. A public magistrate in some ancient Greek states.3. Demiurge A deity in Gnosticism, Manichaeism, and other religions who creates the material world and is often viewed as the originator of evil.4. Demiurge A Platonic deity who orders or fashions the material world out of chaos.

[Late Latin dēmiurgus, from Greek dēmiourgos, artisan : dēmios, public (from dēmos, people; see dā- in Indo-European roots) + ergos, worker (from ergon, work; see werg- in Indo-European roots).]

dem′i·ur′geous (-ûr′jəs), dem′i·ur′gic (-jĭk), dem′i·ur′gi·cal (-jĭ-kəl) adj.dem′i·ur′gi·cal·ly adv.

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(ˈdɛmɪˌɜːdʒ; ˈdiː-) or

demiurgus

n1. (Philosophy) a. (in the philosophy of Plato) the creator of the universeb. (in Gnostic and some other philosophies) the creator of the universe, supernatural but subordinate to the Supreme Being2. (Law) (in ancient Greece) a magistrate with varying powers found in any of several states[C17: from Church Latin dēmiūrgus, from Greek dēmiourgos skilled workman, literally: one who works for the people, from dēmos people + ergon work] ˌdemiˈurgeous, ˌdemiˈurgic, ˌdemiˈurgical adj ˌdemiˈurgically adv

dem•i•urge

(ˈdɛm iˌɜrdʒ)

n. 1. a. (in Platonism) the artificer of the world. b. (in Gnostic and other systems) a subordinate supernatural being who created the world and is regarded as the creator of evil. 2. (in ancient Greece) a public official or magistrate. [1590–1600; < Greek dēmiourgós artisan, public official =dḗmio(s) of the people (derivative of dêmos the people) + -orgos, akin to érgon work] dem`i•ur′gi•cal•ly, adv.

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demiurge - a subordinate deity, in some philosophies the creator of the universedeity, divinity, god, immortal - any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force

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demiurge

(dĕm`ēûrj') [Gr.,=workman, craftsman], name given by Plato in a mythological passage in the Timaeus to the creator God. In GnosticismGnosticism
, dualistic religious and philosophical movement of the late Hellenistic and early Christian eras. The term designates a wide assortment of sects, numerous by the 2d cent. A.D.
..... Click the link for more information. the Demiurge, creator of the material world, was not God but the Archon, or chief of the lowest order of spirits or aeons. According to the Gnostics, the Demiurge was able to endow man only with psyche (sensuous soul)—the pneuma (rational soul) having been added by God. The Gnostics identified the Demiurge with the Jehovah of the Hebrews. In philosophy the term is used to denote a divinity who is the builder of the universe rather than its creator.

Demiurge

the term denoting, in philosophy, the creator of any source; and in theology, god, or the creator of the world. In ancient Greece its chief meaning was social: demiourgoi were the craftmen and merchants in the population, as opposed to the landowning elite (eupatridae), the farmers (geomoroi), and the people involved in free professions, such as doctors, poets, and singers.

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noun a subordinate deity, in some philosophies the creator of the universe

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