Synonyms for demiurgic
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : dem-ee-urj |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛm iˌɜrdʒ |
Top 10 synonyms for demiurgic Other synonyms for the word demiurgic
- adroit
- artistic
- avant garde
- avant-garde
- breaking new ground
- causal
- causative
- clever
- conceiving
- constructive
- cool
- demiurgic
- deviceful
- devising
- envisioning
- fertile
- forgetive
- formative
- fruitful
- generative
- hip
- innovational
- innovatory
- inspired
- inspiring
- leading-edge
- novel
- originative
- poetical
- productive
- quick
- ready
- sensitive
- stimulating
- teeming
- unconventional
- unprecedented
- untried
- unusual
- visionary
- way out
Définition 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
- 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)
Antonyms for demiurgic
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