Definitions for kafkaesqueˌkɑf kəˈɛsk
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Kaf•ka•esqueˌkɑf kəˈɛsk(adj.)
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the writings of Franz Kafka.
Category: Literature
marked by a senseless, disorienting, often menacing complexity:
Kafkaesque bureaucracies.
Origin of Kafkaesque:
1945–50
Princeton's WordNet
Kafkaesque(adj)
relating to or in the manner of Franz Kafka or his writings
kafkaesque(adj)
characterized by surreal distortion and a sense of impending danger
"the kafkaesque terror of the endless interrogations"
Wiktionary
Kafkaesque(Adjective)
Marked by a senseless, disorienting, often menacing complexity.
Kafkaesque bureaucracies
Kafkaesque(Adjective)
Marked by surreal distortion and often a sense of impending danger.
Kafkaesque(Adjective)
In the manner of something written by Franz Kafka.
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