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Demiurge
/ˈdiː-/
The (usually benevolent) being that created the universe out of primal matter.
📖 Definitions of "Demiurge"
noun
- 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
A (usually jealous or outright malevolent) being who is inferior to the supreme being, and sometimes seen as the creator of evil.
- 3
Something (such as an idea, individual or institution) conceived as an autonomous creative force or decisive power.
- 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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