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Demiurge

/ˈdiː-/

The (usually benevolent) being that created the universe out of primal matter.

📖 Definitions of "Demiurge"

noun
  1. 1

    The (usually benevolent) being that created the universe out of primal matter.

    "A demiurge or craftsman god takes pre-existing matter and fashions it in light of the eternal Forms."

  2. 2

    A (usually jealous or outright malevolent) being who is inferior to the supreme being, and sometimes seen as the creator of evil.

  3. 3

    Something (such as an idea, individual or institution) conceived as an autonomous creative force or decisive power.

  4. 4

    The title of a magistrate in a number of states of Ancient Greece, and in the city states (poleis) of the Achaean League.

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