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Definition Kafkaesque in British English

Kafkaesque adjective

adjective
/ˌkæfkəˈesk/

From the name of the Czech-German writer Franz Kafka. For the characters in Kafka’s novels, the world seems mysterious and unfriendly, and it becomes very difficult to achieve things.

Definition Kafkaesque in British English