Antonyms for demiurgic

Grammar : Adj

Spell : dem-ee-urj

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛm iˌɜrdʒ

Definition of demiurgic

Origin : 1670s, from Latinized form of Greek demiourgos, literally "public or skilled worker" (from demos "common people;" see demotic + ergos "work;" see urge (v.)).
The title of a magistrate in some Peloponnesian city-states and the Achæan League; taken in Platonic philosophy as a name for the maker of the world. In the Gnostic system, "conceived as a being subordinate to the Supreme Being, and sometimes as the author of evil" [OED].

As in inventive : adj creative
As in original : adj fresh, new
As in innovatory : adj inventive
As in creative : adj artistic, imaginative

Example sentences :

Balzac's characters, to whatever class they belong, bear the royal and passionate stamp of their demiurgic creator.
Extract from : « Suspended Judgments » by John Cowper Powys

As befits a demiurgic nature, Æschylus conceived and executed upon a stupendous scale.
Extract from : « Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol I of 2) » by John Addington Symonds

Much that has been described as Asiatic in the genius of Æschylus may be referred to what I have called his demiurgic force.
Extract from : « Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol I of 2) » by John Addington Symonds

It is he whom an ancient monument represents as the demiurgic principle creating the mundane egg.
Extract from : « The Ceramic Art » by Jennie J. Young

That the sun was here regarded as symbolizing the intermediate father, or demiurgic creator, cannot be doubted.
Extract from : « Ophiolatreia » by Anonymous

Such a man is demiurgic, for he puts down a hand on action through the sky.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 13, No. 76, February, 1864 » by Various

Far beyond all other political powers of Christianity is the demiurgic power of this religion over the kingdoms of human opinion.
Extract from : « Pearls of Thought » by Maturin M. Ballou

In the cosmogonical myths of the Muyscas this was the home or source of Light, and was a name applied to the demiurgic force.
Extract from : « American Hero-Myths » by Daniel G. Brinton

Besides, what necessity was there for the mother of the demiurgic creator to have formed him of matter and of an image?
Extract from : « Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 2 » by Plotinos (Plotinus)

How could this newly formed image (the demiurgic creator) have undertaken to create by memory of the things he knew?
Extract from : « Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 2 » by Plotinos (Plotinus)

Synonyms for demiurgic

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