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Kafkaesque meaning

  1. Marked by a senseless, disorienting, often menacing complexity.
  2. Marked by surreal distortion and often a sense of looming danger.
  3. In the manner of something written by Franz Kafka.

Synonyms of Kafkaesque

writer author unrealistic

Related words

Other words often associated with Kafkaesque or its synonyms:

communicator write wild unreal source surrealistic pen phantasmagoric shaper fantastic impractical generator

Using Kafkaesque

  • The main meaning on this page is: Marked by a senseless, disorienting, often menacing complexity. | Marked by surreal distortion and often a sense of looming danger. | In the manner of something written by Franz Kafka.
  • Useful related words include: writer, author, unrealistic.
  • In the example corpus, kafkaesque often appears in combinations such as: kafkaesque nightmare, in kafkaesque.

Context around Kafkaesque

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 18.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 1 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

prove 1× humanitarian 1× bizarre 1× orwellian 1×

Often after:

nightmare 3× saga 1× immigration 1× twist 1× movie 1× reality 1× pinteresque 1× two 1× setting 1× obstructions 1×

Sentence patterns with Kafkaesque

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a humanitarian kafkaesque reality it 1× also prove kafkaesque 1× back by kafkaesque obstructions 1× began a kafkaesque two year 1× from the kafkaesque immigration court 1× in a kafkaesque setting often 1× in a kafkaesque twist every 1× into a kafkaesque nightmare of 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

but this month 1× characters in a 1× colin bullen s 1× gumm tries to 1× he has destabilized 1× in a kafkaesque 1×

Common sentence endings:

a humanitarian crisis 1× a kafkaesque saga 1× a labyrinthine situation 1× also prove kafkaesque 1× and civic overreach 1× bizarre kafkaesque nightmare 1×

Words around Kafkaesque

Just before it in the word index:

kafka 79 kafirs 3 kafiristan 3 kafir 4 kafindangi 2 kafilat 2

Just after it in the word index:

kafle 2 kafoa 2 kafoury 4 kafr 12 kafri 5 kaftan 11

Similar in corpus frequency:

aat 18 abhorrence 18 abms 18 absolutes 18 absorbance 18 abule 18

Corpus analysis for Kafkaesque

  • In this selection, "kafkaesque" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 18.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, prove, humanitarian, bizarre, nightmare, saga and immigration stand out and add context to how "kafkaesque" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a humanitarian kafkaesque reality it and also prove kafkaesque. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "kafkaesque" sits close to words such as aat, abhorrence and abms, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with kafkaesque

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

It's like some bizarre Kafkaesque nightmare. (7 words)

Orwellian, Kafkaesque, Pinteresque even at times Biblical; you name it. (10 words)

The film is also notable for a number of Kafkaesque moments. (11 words)

Longer example sentences

After all the hope that José would be reunited with his mother and family, he instead continues to wait there, hoping for an update to emerge from the Kafkaesque immigration court system. (32 words)

This Kafkaesque movie by celebrated director Denis Villeneuve spends its time exploring how you would handle having your lookalike take over your life -- as well as the temptation to take over theirs. (32 words)

Colin Bullen’s Britain sounds like a Kafkaesque nightmare where ‘an army of bureaucrats’ and ‘back room pen-pushers’ have wasted the vast sums of money provided to health trusts. (30 words)

Example sentences (14)

For the MP for Esher and Walton, the bullying investigation was a ‘Kafkaesque saga’.

Colin Bullen’s Britain sounds like a Kafkaesque nightmare where ‘an army of bureaucrats’ and ‘back room pen-pushers’ have wasted the vast sums of money provided to health trusts.

Welcome to the dystopian theme park that is San Diego, where the so-called "finest city in America" has devolved into a Kafkaesque nightmare of bureaucratic idiocy and civic overreach.

But this month’s trial showed that the process could also prove Kafkaesque.

After all the hope that José would be reunited with his mother and family, he instead continues to wait there, hoping for an update to emerge from the Kafkaesque immigration court system.

In a Kafkaesque twist, every time D'Apice logs onto the provincial government website, the wait lengthens.

This Kafkaesque movie by celebrated director Denis Villeneuve spends its time exploring how you would handle having your lookalike take over your life -- as well as the temptation to take over theirs.

He has destabilized the region with his war on Yemen, creating a humanitarian Kafkaesque reality — it is the pits of a humanitarian crisis.

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It's like some bizarre Kafkaesque nightmare.

Orwellian, Kafkaesque, Pinteresque even at times Biblical; you name it.

So began a Kafkaesque two-year ordeal that plunged Brooks into reflections about current parenting practices.

Characters in a Kafkaesque setting often lack a clear course of action to escape a labyrinthine situation.

Gumm tries to escape the town and is turned back by kafkaesque obstructions.

The film is also notable for a number of Kafkaesque moments.

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Common combinations with kafkaesque

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

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What does "kafkaesque" mean?
Kafkaesque means: Marked by a senseless, disorienting, often menacing complexity.
What are synonyms of "kafkaesque"?
Common synonyms of "kafkaesque" include: writer, author, unrealistic.
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