Kafkaesque

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Pronunciation

• (GA) IPA: /ˌkɑfkəˈɛsk/
• (RP) IPA: /ˌkæfkəˈɛsk/, /ˌkæfkəˈɹɛsk/

Adjective

Kafkaesque

1. Marked by a senseless, disorienting, often menacing complexity.

   Kafkaesque bureaucracies

2. Marked by surreal distortion and often a sense of impending danger.
3. In the manner of something written by Franz Kafka.

Related terms

• Kafkaian
• Kafkatrap
• Kafkian

Translations

• French: kafkaïen
• German: kafkaesk
• Italian: kafkiano
• Portuguese: kafkiano
• Russian: кафкиа́нский
• Spanish: kafkiano, kafkiana

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