Demiurge

See also: demiurge and démiurge

English

Alternative forms

Demiurgos (Grecian)
Demiurgus (Latinate)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δημιουργός (Dēmiourgós).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛmɪɜːdʒ/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛmɪˌɝdʒ/

Proper noun

Demiurge

(Platonism) The subordinate being that fashions the perceptible world in the light of eternal ideas.
(Gnosticism) A prideful, inferior being that creates the material world; frequently identified with the creator God of the Hebrew Bible.
- 2001, Hans Jonas, The Gnostic Religion: The message of the alien God, page 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: demiürg (ca) m
Finnish: demiurgi (fi)
Greek: δημιουργός (el) m (dimiourgós)

Norwegian: demiurg m
Russian: Демиу́рг (ru) m (Demiúrg)

Inferior creator deity in Gnosticism

Catalan: demiürg (ca) m
Esperanto: Demiurgo
Finnish: demiurgi (fi)
French: démiurge (fr) m
German: Demiurg (de) m
Greek: δημιουργός (el) m (dimiourgós)
Hebrew: בורא עולם‎

Italian: demiurgo (it) m
Japanese: デミウルゴス (demiurugosu)
Norwegian: demiurg m
Portuguese: demiurgo (pt) m
Russian: Демиу́рг (ru) m (Demiúrg)
Slovene: demiúrg m
Spanish: demiurgo m

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