demiurge

Significat (Anglès)

1. The (usually benevolent) being that created the universe out of primal matter.
2. A (usually jealous or outright malevolent) being who is inferior to the supreme being, and sometimes seen as the creator of evil.
3. (figuratively) Something (such as an idea, individual or institution) conceived as an autonomous creative force or decisive power.
4. (historical) The title of a magistrate in a number of states of Ancient Greece, and in the city states (poleis) of the Achaean League.

Conceptes

déu

deïtat

demiürg

Sinònims

deity

divinity

god

God

godhood

monotheism

Traduccions

demiurgo

démiurge

demiurgo

demiurg

Gottheit

Götter

لاهوت

θεά

Demiurg

θεός

θεότητα

créateur

déesse

Gott

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈdɛ.mɪ.ɜːdʒ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb llatí: dēmiūrgus

Cognat amb francès: démiurge

In summary

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).