| 单词 | demiurge |
| 释义 | demiurge —demiurgeous /dem'ee err"jeuhs/, demiurgic, demiurgical, adj. —demiurgically, adv. /dem"ee errj'/, n. 1. Philos. a. Platonism. the artificer of the world. b. (in the Gnostic and certain other systems) a supernatural being imagined as creating or fashioning the world in subordination to the Supreme Being, and sometimes regarded as the originator of evil. 2. (in many states of ancient Greece) a public official or magistrate. [1590-1600; < Gk demiourgós a worker for the people, skilled worker, equiv. to démio(s) of the people (deriv. of dêmos the people) + -ergos a worker, deriv. of érgon work, with oe > ou] |
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