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KAFKAESQUE
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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:
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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