Complete Definition of "Kafkaesque"

English
Etymology
After writer w:kafka|Franz Kafka.
Adjective
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 Kafka.

Translations

Czech: kafkovský
Finnish: kafkamainen
French: kafkaïen
mid
German: kafkaesk
Italian: kafkiano

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