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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (d?miourgós, “one who works for the people; a skilled workman, a handicraftsman”) (whence Latin d?mi?rgus, French démiurge), from ?????? (d?mios, “belonging to the people, public”) (from ????? (dêmos, “the people”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh?mos (“people”), from *deh?- (“to divide”) + Ancient Greek -??? (-ios), from Proto-Indo-European *-yós (“suffix creating an adjective from a noun”)) + Ancient Greek -????? (-ergos, “suffix indicating a worker”) (from ????? (érgon, “labour; task; work”), from Proto-Indo-European *wér?om (“work”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?.m?.??d?/, /?di?-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?.mi??d?/
• Hyphenation: de?mi?urge

Noun

demiurge (plural demiurges)

1. (Platonic philosophy) The (usually benevolent) being that created the universe out of primal matter.
2. (Gnosticism) A (usually jealous or outright malevolent) being who is inferior to the supreme being, and sometimes seen as the creator of evil.
3. (figuratively) Something (such as an idea, individual or institution) conceived as an autonomous creative force or decisive power.
4. (historical, Ancient Greece) The title of a magistrate in a number of states of Ancient Greece, and in the city states (poleis) of the Achaean League.

Usage notes

The word is capitalized as Demiurge when used as a name; however, in practice capitalization is inconsistent.

Alternative forms

• Demiurge
• demiurgos (plural demiurgoi) (based on the Greek word; more common in earlier works)
• demiurgus (plural demiurgi) (based on the Latin word; more common in earlier works)

Derived terms

• demiurgic, demiurgical
• demiurgically

Translations

Further reading

• demiurge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• demiurge (magistrate) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• demiurge (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Noun

d?mi?rge

1. vocative singular of d?mi?rgus