Kafkaesque Definition
käfkə-ĕsk
adjective
Of, characteristic of, or like the writings of Kafka; specif., surreal, nightmarish, confusingly complex, etc.
Webster's New World
Of or relating to Franz Kafka or his writings.
American Heritage
Marked by a senseless, disorienting, often menacing complexity.
Kafkaesque bureaucracies.
Wiktionary
Origin of Kafkaesque
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From Kafka + -esque, after writer Franz Kafka.
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