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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

kafkaesque

/ˌkɑfkəˈʔɛsk/

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What does kafkaesque mean?

adjective

  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.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˌkɑfkəˈʔɛsk/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˌkæfkəˈʔɛsk//ˌkɑfkəˈɛsk//ˌkæfkəˈɛsk/
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