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.
The term characterizes often bizarre or absurd situations involving social, psychological, political, or metaphysical instability or confusion.
relating to or in the manner of Franz Kafka or his writings
After the Czech author Franz Kafka, meaning nightmarish.
Reminiscent of the style of Czech-born novelist and short story writer Franz Kafka (1883-1924). Kafka's works portray the oppressiveness of modern life, and his characters frequently find themselves in threatening situations for which there is no explanation and from which there is no escape.
"Kafkaesque" is an auctorial descriptive which is used to describe concepts, situations, and ideas which are reminiscent of the literary work of Prague writer Franz Kafka, particularly his novel The Trial and his novella The Metamorphosis.