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demiurgic
dem·i·urge 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.EncyclopediaSeedemiurge |