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demiurge
 
SYLLABICATION:dem·i·urge
PRONUNCIATION:  dm-ûrj
NOUN: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.
ETYMOLOGY:Late Latin dmiurgus, from Greek dmiourgos, artisan : dmios, public (from dmos, people; see d- in Appendix I) + ergos, worker (from ergon, work; see werg- in Appendix I).
OTHER FORMS:demi·urgeous (-ûrjs) , demi·urgic (-jk) , demi·urgi·cal (-j-kl) —ADJECTIVE
demi·urgi·cal·lyADVERB
 
 
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