Kafkaesque
[kahf-kuh-esk] /ˌkɑf kəˈɛsk/
adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary work of Franz Kafka:
the Kafkaesque terror of the endless interrogations.
2.
marked by a senseless, disorienting, often menacing complexity:
Kafkaesque bureaucracies.
adj.
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.
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