— 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; 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 ]