Definition of "demiurge" [dem•i•urge]

• A powerful creative force or personality. (noun)
• A public magistrate in some ancient Greek states. (noun)
• A deity in Gnosticism, Manichaeism, and other religions who creates the material world and is often viewed as the originator of evil. (noun)
• A Platonic deity who orders or fashions the material world out of chaos. (noun)

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• "A demiurge from a distant realm, who had once heard of bees, might have created it."
• "If you look in older dictionaries under the word demiurge it might list something similar."
• "The demiurge is the highest god and the best of causes."