<![CDATA[Kafkaesque]]>Comes from the author Franz [Kafka], and refers to the style with which he wrote his books (which in his dying wish asked for to be burned).
Basically it describes a nightmarish situation which most people can somehow relate to, although strongly surreal. With an ethereal, evil, omnipotent power floating just beyond the senses.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/topic/38484/kafkaesqueRSS for NodeSun, 07 Jun 2026 02:54:10 GMTFri, 07 Apr 2017 17:52:11 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Kafkaesque on Sat, 08 Jan 2022 07:34:02 GMT]]>Characteristic or reminiscent of the oppressive or nightmarish qualities of Franz Kafkas fictional world.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/420649https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/420649Sat, 08 Jan 2022 07:34:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Kafkaesque on Sat, 09 Oct 2021 07:25:37 GMT]]>extremely unpleasant, frightening, and confusing, and similar to situations described in the novels of Franz Kafka:

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/420640https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/420640Sat, 09 Oct 2021 07:25:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Kafkaesque on Tue, 19 Jan 2021 12:17:02 GMT]]>From the Czech/German author of the early [1900]’s, the word describes a situation where the individual is sane but struggles against an illogical and insane [bureaucracy] or authority. See his unfinished novel ‘[The Castle]’. Essentially all of us now that Brexit has been setting in for the last 2 years.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/218679https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/218679Tue, 19 Jan 2021 12:17:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Kafkaesque on Mon, 10 Apr 2017 14:25:15 GMT]]>adjective

Something people say to sound really smart.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/74077https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/74077Mon, 10 Apr 2017 14:25:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Kafkaesque on Fri, 09 Feb 2018 14:05:01 GMT]]>Named after the author Franz [Kafka], typically used to describe anything that makes no sense, has no colours and has no points of reference.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/74076https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/74076Fri, 09 Feb 2018 14:05:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Kafkaesque on Fri, 09 Feb 2018 14:05:01 GMT]]>Describing something that is horribly complicated for no reason, usually in reference to bureaucracy. Named after the early 20th century writer Franz Kafka, best known for The Trial and Metamorphosis.

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