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KAFKAESQUE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Kafkaesque mean?
• KAFKAESQUE (adjective)
The adjective KAFKAESQUE has 2 senses:
1. relating to or in the manner of Franz Kafka or his writings
2. characterized by surreal distortion and a sense of impending danger
Familiarity information: KAFKAESQUE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or in the manner of Franz Kafka or his writings
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Kafka (Czech novelist who wrote in German about a nightmarish world of isolated and troubled individuals (1883-1924))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Characterized by surreal distortion and a sense of impending danger
Context example:
the kafkaesque terror of the endless interrogations
Similar:
unrealistic (not realistic)
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