英:[ˌdɪmi:'ɜ:dʒɪk]
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noun
a Platonic subordinate deity who fashions the sensible world in the light of eternal ideas
a Gnostic subordinate deity who is the creator of the material world
one that is an autonomous creative force or decisive power
borrowed from Late Latin dēmiurgus, borrowed from Greek dēmiourgós, literally, "master of a craft, artisan" (Homeric dēmioergós "one skilled in an art or craft that benefits the community"), contraction of *dēmioworgos, from dḗmios "of the people, public" (adjective derivative of dêmos "people") + *-worgos, ablaut derivative of Indo-European *u̯erǵ- "make, bring about" (whence, as a nominal derivative, Greek érgon "work") — more at demo-, work >entry 1
The first known use of demiurge was in 1840
1 As revealed in Jann Wenner’s new course correct of a memoir, Like a Rolling Stone, the music-magazine demiurge and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame co-founder appears to harbor some anger about Irving Azoff getting inducted into the Hall in 2020, the year after Wenner retired as chairman.
2 The upshot is a channelling of sheer, visionary imagination, as if the artist were taking dictation from an unseen demiurge.
3 So maybe the simulator is a little bit like a demiurge.
4 The demiurge behind Galactus, Uatu, the Silver Surfer, the Human Torch, and the Ultimate Nullifier was the story’s writer, Stan Lee.
5 The second—and more influential—demiurge of the folk-music microcosm is Bob Dylan, who is also twenty-three.
6 For explosive relief, head just down the hall at the Met to the concurrent, huge retrospective of the bohemian demiurge Alice Neel.