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ˈdɛm iˌgɒddemigod

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. demigod, superman, Ubermenschnoun

    a person with great powers and abilities

  2. daemon, demigodnoun

    a person who is part mortal and part god

Wiktionary

  1. demigodnoun

    A half-god or hero; the offspring of a deity and a mortal.

  2. demigodnoun

    A lesser deity.

Wikipedia

  1. Demigod

    A demigod or demigoddess is a part-human and part-divine offspring of a deity and a human, or a human or non-human creature that is accorded divine status after death, or someone who has attained the "divine spark" (spiritual enlightenment). An immortal demigod(-dess) often has tutelary status and a religious cult following, while a mortal demigod(-dess) is one who has fallen or died, but is popular as a legendary hero in various polytheistic religions. Figuratively, it is used to describe a person whose talents or abilities are so superlative that they appear to approach being divine.

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  1. demigod

    A demigod is a mythical being who is part god and part human. This term typically refers to characters from ancient mythologies, who were conferred divine status due to their extraordinary deeds or noble qualities, or because one of their parents was a god. They often possess superhuman abilities, but they can also have human weaknesses.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Demigodnoun

    a half god, or an inferior deity; a fabulous hero, the offspring of a deity and a mortal

Wikidata

  1. Demigod

    A demigod, meaning half-god, is originally a Greek mythological figure whose one parent was a god and whose other parent was human; as such, demigods are human-god hybrids. Examples of well-known demigods include the Greek hero Heracles, the Celtic hero Cuchulain, the Sumerian king Gilgamesh and the biblical Jesus.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Demigod

    dem′i-god, n. half a god: one whose nature is partly divine, esp. a hero fabled to be the offspring of a god and a mortal:—fem. Dem′i-godd′ess. [Fr. demi, half, and god.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Demigod

    a hero elevated in the imagination to the rank of a divinity in consequence of the display of virtues and the achievement of feats superior to those of ordinary men.

The New Hacker's Dictionary

  1. demigod

    A hacker with years of experience, a world-wide reputation, and a major role in the development of at least one design, tool, or game used by or known to more than half of the hacker community. To qualify as a genuine demigod, the person must recognizably identify with the hacker community and have helped shape it. Major demigods include Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie (co-inventors of Unix and C), Richard M. Stallman (inventor of EMACS), Larry Wall (inventor of Perl), Linus Torvalds (inventor of Linux), and most recently James Gosling (inventor of Java, NeWS, and GOSMACS) and Guido van Rossum (inventor of Python). In their hearts of hearts, most hackers dream of someday becoming demigods themselves, and more than one major software project has been driven to completion by the author's veiled hopes of apotheosis. See also net.god, true-hacker, ubergeek. Since 1995 or so this term has been gradually displaced by ubergeek.

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  1. Megiddo

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Demigod in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Demigod in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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