Kafkatrap

== English == === Alternative forms === kafkatrap === Etymology === From Kafka +‎ trap, coined by American programmer & open source advocate Eric S. Raymond in 2010 (see the quotation below) in reference to the novel Der Proceß (The Trial, 1925) by the Bohemian author Franz Kafka (1883–1924), in which a man is accused of crimes that are never specified, and every defense is treated as proof of guilt. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkæfkəˌtræp/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑfkəˌtræp/ Hyphenation: Kaf‧ka‧trap === Noun === Kafkatrap (plural Kafkatraps) A sophistical rhetorical device in which any denial by an accused person serves as evidence of guilt. [from 2010] ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === Kafkatrap (third-person singular simple present Kafkatraps, present participle Kafkatrapping, simple past and past participle Kafkatrapped) (transitive) To employ a Kafkatrap against (someone). ==== Alternative forms ==== kafkatrap ==== Derived terms ==== Kafkatrapping (noun) ==== Translations ==== === See also === === Further reading === list of fallacies on Wikipedia.Wikipedia