demiurge

dem·i·urge  (dm-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.

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[Late Latin dmiurgus, from Greek dmiourgos, artisan : dmios, public (from dmos, people; see d- in Indo-European roots) + ergos, worker (from ergon, work; see werg- in Indo-European roots).]

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demi·urgeous (-ûrjs), demi·urgic (-jk), demi·urgi·cal (-j-kl) adj.

demi·urgi·cal·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

demiurge - a subordinate deity, in some philosophies the creator of the universe deity, 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