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Definition of kafkaesque in English English dictionary
- Marked by surreal distortion and often a sense of impending danger
- In the manner of something written by Franz Kafka
- Marked by a senseless, disorienting, often menacing complexity
Kafkaesque bureaucracies.
- In the manner of something written by Kafka
- characterized by surreal distortion and a sense of impending danger; "the kafkaesque terror of the endless interrogations"
- {s} absurd, lacking meaning, depressing (as in the themes in Kafka's stories); helpless condition of the "little guy" (citizen) against bureaucratic power; similar to or reminiscent of the works of Franz Kafka
- relating to or in the manner of Franz Kafka or his writings
kafkaesque
Turkish pronunciation
käfkıeskPronunciation
/ˈkäfkəˈesk/ /ˈkɑːfkəˈɛsk/
Etymology
[ "käf-k&-'esk, "kaf- ] (adjective.) 1946. From Kafka + -esque, after writer Franz Kafka.Resimler
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