Kafkaesque
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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. -
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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Named after the author Franz [Kafka], typically used to describe anything that makes no sense, has no colours and has no points of reference.
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adjective
Something people say to sound really smart.
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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.
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extremely unpleasant, frightening, and confusing, and similar to situations described in the novels of Franz Kafka:
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Characteristic or reminiscent of the oppressive or nightmarish qualities of Franz Kafkas fictional world.
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