a deity who, according to the philosophy of Plato, is the creator of the material universe
a Gnostic deity who is the creator of the material world but is inferior to the supreme being
demiurgic /-ʹuhjik/ adj
demiurgical /-ʹuhjikl/ adj
[via late Latinfrom Greek dēmiourgos, literally ‘one who works for the people’, from dēmios of the people + -ourgos worker]