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kafkaesque
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Kafkaesque \Kafkaesque\ prop. a. [fr. Franz Kafka, novelist; especially from his novels such as "The Trial".] Frightening, threating, and bewildering in a vague and unexplicable way; -- of situations or regulations. Often used to describe illogical bureaucratic ...
Wikipedia
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redirect Franz Kafka#"Kafkaesque" de:Kafkaesk it:Situazione kafkiana pl:Kafkaesk pt:Kafkiano fi:Kafkamaisuus Category:Unprintworthy redirects
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1947, resembling situations from the writings of Franz Kafka (1883-1924), German-speaking Jewish novelist born in Prague, Austria-Hungary. The surname is Czech German, literally "jackdaw," imitative.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Marked by a senseless, disorienting, often menacing complexity. 2 Marked by surreal distortion and often a sense of impending danger. 3 In the manner of something written by Franz Kafka.
Usage examples of kafkaesque.
It had become an unbelievable Kafkaesque nightmare, and Randy could only withdraw to a corner table at his favorite pub, drink pints of stout (frequently in the company of Chester) and watch this fantastic psychodrama unfold.
The new law could see him dragged from his home and family in the dead of night for a Kafkaesque virtual interrogation, in which his guilty dreams of being responsible are taken to be memories of actually committing the crime .
Obviously this is the rubric for Blish's Black Easter (*), Keith Laumer's Kafkaesque "In the Queue" (*) and much of the work of Brian Aldiss, J.
Even in the most Kafkaesque dreamscape there are certain elements that cannot be subtracted from substance, geography, family, blood.
Potential defendants succumb to extortionate demands rather than endure the Kafkaesque process.