demiurge

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈdɛm.i.ɜːd͡ʒ/|/ˈdiː.mi.ɜːd͡ʒ/    美 /ˈdɛm.i.ɚd͡ʒ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.
    — The Gnostic Demiurge then assumes a surprising likeness to Ahriman, the evil counter-creator of Ormuzd in Mazdean philosophy. The character of the Gnostic Demiurge became still more complicated when in some systems he was identified with Jehovah, the God of the Jews or of the Old Testament, and was brought in opposition to Christ of the New Testament, the Only-Begotten Son of the Supreme and Good God.
  3. Something (such as an idea, individual or institution) conceived as an autonomous creative force or decisive power. figuratively
    — An abiding tradition depicted the sage-kings of yore as demiurges who invented useful technologies to advance the progress of civilization. For example, Shun was acclaimed by the philosopher Mozi (circa late fifth century BCE) for teaching farming, pottery, and fishing to his subjects.
  4. The title of a magistrate in a number of states of Ancient Greece, and in the city states (poleis) of the Achaean League. historical
    — The demiurgi were next in power to the prætor, and therefore ſtiled by Polybius and Livy, the ſupreme magiſtrates of the Achæans. They were ten in number, choſen by the general aſſembly from among the moſt eminent men of the whole league for prudence, equity, and experience. It was their office to aſſiſt, with their advice, the prætor, who was to ſay nothing before the aſſembly, but what had been previouſly approved of by the major part of the demiurgi.

词形变化

demiurges plural Demiurge alternative demiurgos alternative demiurgoi alternative demiurgus alternative demiurgi alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
demiurgeous demiurgically demiurgic demiurgical

词源

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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