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kafkiano — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • Kafkaesque adjective Describing a situation that is bewilderingly complicated, illogical, and dominated by faceless authority, so that the person caught up in it feels helpless.

Senses

kafkiano is used for these senses in English:

  • Kafkaesque Marked by a senseless, disorienting, often menacing complexity.

Kafkaesque — full definition

  1. adjective Describing a situation that is bewilderingly complicated, illogical, and dominated by faceless authority, so that the person caught up in it feels helpless.
  2. adjective Characteristic of the writing of Franz Kafka in style or atmosphere.