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| | # In the manner of something written by Franz Kafka. | | # In the manner of something written by Franz Kafka. |
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| | + | ====Related terms==== |
| | + | * [[Kafkaian]] |
| | + | * [[Kafkian]] |
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| | ====Translations==== | | ====Translations==== |
Latest revision as of 02:53, 27 August 2012
[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Kafka + -esque, after writer Franz Kafka.
[edit] Adjective
Kafkaesque (comparative more Kafkaesque, superlative most Kafkaesque)
- Marked by a senseless, disorienting, often menacing complexity.
- Kafkaesque bureaucracies
- Marked by surreal distortion and often a sense of impending danger.
- In the manner of something written by Franz Kafka.
[edit] Related terms
[edit] Translations
marked by menacing complexity
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