Kafkaesque
adjective | /kafkaesque/
Marked by nightmarishly complex, oppressive, or absurd bureaucratic situations.
Kafkaesque
adjective | /kafkaesque/
Advanced WordsHARDMarked by nightmarishly complex, oppressive, or absurd bureaucratic situations.
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"The applicants faced a Kafkaesque process involving endless forms and contradictory instructions. Means: The process was oppressively complicated and absurd, with endless forms and conflicting directions."
"A minor error trapped him in a Kafkaesque legal maze. Means: A small mistake led him into a nightmarishly complicated legal situation."
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Kafkaesque refers to the oppressive, absurd atmosphere associated with Franz Kafka’s fiction.
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