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Demiurge
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demiurge démiurge
English
2010 November 17
Alternative forms
en Demiurgos Grecian
en Demiurgus Latinate
Etymology
From en grc Δημιουργός, see en demiurge.
Pronunciation
en /ˈdɛmɪɜːdʒ/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Demiurge.wav Southern England
en /ˈdɛmɪˌɝd͡ʒ/ US
Proper noun
en Platonism The subordinate being that fashions the perceptible world in the light of eternal ideas.
en gnosticism A prideful, inferior being that creates the material world; frequently identified with the creator God of the Hebrew Bible.
en 2001 Hans Jonas The Gnostic Religion: The message of the alien God 191 For the rest, we meet in the Demiurge of the Valentinians all the traits of the world-god with which we have by now become familiar and can therefore deal here very briefly
Translations
subordinate deity
Catalan: ca demiürg m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 巨匠造物主 Jùjiàng Zàowùzhǔ, cmn 迪米烏哥斯 Dímǐwūgēsī
Finnish: fi demiurgi
Greek: el δημιουργός m
Kazakh: kk Демиург
Korean: ko 데미우르고스
Kyrgyz: ky Демиург
Norwegian: no demiurg m
Polish: pl demiurg m-pr
Russian: ru Демиу́рг m
Inferior creator deity in Gnosticism
Catalan: ca demiürg m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 德謬哥 Démiùgē
Esperanto: eo Demiurgo
Finnish: fi demiurgi
French: fr démiurge m
German: de Demiurg m
Greek: el δημιουργός m
Hebrew: he בורא עולם
Italian: it demiurgo m
Japanese: ja デミウルゴス demiurugosu
Kazakh: kk Демиург
Korean: ko 데미우르고스
Kyrgyz: ky Демиург
Norwegian: no demiurg m
Polish: pl demiurg m-pr
Portuguese: pt demiurgo m
Russian: ru Демиу́рг m
Slovene: sl demiúrg m
Spanish: es demiurgo m
en God Religion