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Demiurgic

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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.

[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).]

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


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