Kafkaesque

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Translations

English

Etymology

After writer Franz Kafka.

Adjective

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 Kafka.

Translations

• French: kafkaïen