English

Adjective

Kafkaesque ‎(comparative more Kafkaesque, superlative most 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
• Kafkian

See also

• Dickensian
• Orwellian

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