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Kafkaesque
Kafkaesque [ káfkə ésk ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. of Kafka's work: relating to or characteristic of the work of Franz Kafka
2. impersonal and too complex: overly complex in seemingly pointless, impersonal, and often disturbing way
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