demiurge

/ˈdɛmɪɜːdʒ/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δημιουργός (Dēmiourgós), see demiurge.

demiurge means The subordinate being that fashions the perceptible world in the light of eternal ideas. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 83 out of 100.

Why this word is great

DEMIURGE — [Noun] In Platonic and Gnostic philosophy, a subordinate deity or creative force that fashions the material world, often viewed as inferior to a supreme, transcendent principle. From Late Latin dēmiurgus, from Ancient Greek δημιουργός (dēmiourgós, "public worker, craftsman"), from δῆμος (dêmos, "people") + ἔργον (érgon, "work"). Unlike "creator," a term of omnipotent origination, or "the Absolute," a remote and perfect source, the demiurge is the flawed cosmic technician, a divine bricoleur working with pre-existing, recalcitrant matter. He is the clumsy potter whose thumb-print mars the vase’s curve, the arrogant architect whose faulty blueprints leave cracks in the very foundations, the earnest playwright who mistakes his crude set for the entire theatre. His is the profound pathos of a laborer forever distant from the perfection he can sense but never truly embody.

name

The subordinate being that fashions the perceptible world in the light of eternal ideas.
A prideful, inferior being that creates the material world; frequently identified with the creator God of the Hebrew Bible.“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”

noun

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.”
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 ”
Something (such as an idea, individual or institution) conceived as an autonomous creative force or decisive power.“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.”
The title of a magistrate in a number of states of Ancient Greece, and in the city states (poleis) of the Achaean League.“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 ”