demiurge
n. 造物主
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1.
The (usually benevolent) being that created the universe out of primal matter.
巨匠造物主
德谬哥
黛米乌尔
A demiurge or craftsman god takes pre-existing matter and fashions it in light of the eternal Forms.
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A (usually jealous or outright malevolent) being who is inferior to the supreme being, and sometimes seen as the creator of evil.
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Something (such as an idea, individual or institution) conceived as an autonomous creative force or decisive power.
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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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From Ancient Greek δημιουργός (dēmiourgós, “one who works for the people; a skilled workman, a handicraftsman”) (whence Latin dēmiūrgus, French démiurge), from δήμιος (dḗmios, “belonging to the people, public”) (from δῆμος (dêmos, “the people”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂mos (“people”), from *deh₂- (“to divide”) + Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios), from Proto-Indo-European *-yós (suffix creating an adjective from a noun)) + Ancient Greek -ουργός (-ourgós, “worker”) (from ἔργον (érgon, “labour; task; work”), from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom (“work”)). No relation with English demi- (as in demigod).
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