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KAFKAESQUE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Characterized by surreal distortion and a sense of impending danger

Example:

the kafkaesque terror of the endless interrogations

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

unrealistic (not realistic)

Sense 2

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))

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