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kafkaesque (encz) | Kafkaesque,kafkovský adj: [kniž.] Martin Ligač |
Kafkaesque (gcide) | Kafkaesque \Kafkaesque\ prop. a. [fr. Franz Kafka, novelist;
especially from his novels such as "The Trial".]
Frightening, threating, and bewildering in a vague and
unexplicable way; -- of situations or regulations. Often used
to describe illogical bureaucratic entanglements with no
reasonable solution.
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kafkaesque (wn) | Kafkaesque
adj 1: relating to or in the manner of Franz Kafka or his
writings
2: characterized by surreal distortion and a sense of impending
danger; "the kafkaesque terror of the endless interrogations" |
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Kafkaesque (gcide) | Kafkaesque \Kafkaesque\ prop. a. [fr. Franz Kafka, novelist;
especially from his novels such as "The Trial".]
Frightening, threating, and bewildering in a vague and
unexplicable way; -- of situations or regulations. Often used
to describe illogical bureaucratic entanglements with no
reasonable solution.
[WordNet 1.5] |
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