Procrustean
pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
(often lowercase) tending to produce conformity by violent or arbitrary means.
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How to use Procrustean in a sentence
Then by a Procrustean process he packs the complex and irregular facts into his scheme.
Domesday Book and Beyond | Frederic William MaitlandWe then proceed to apply the Procrustean bed principle with the very acme of sang froid.
The Vitalized School | Francis B. PearsonYoung limbs will not always adjust themselves to the Procrustean bed.
Doctor Luttrell's First Patient | Rosa Nouchette CareyIt is an error to suppose that beauty must be racked on a Procrustean bed of formula.
The Gate of Appreciation | Carleton NoyesTo him the judicial office was a Procrustean one of fitting each case to the legal bed, if necessary by a surgical operation.
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law | Roscoe Pound
British Dictionary definitions for Procrustean
/ (prəʊˈkrʌstɪən) /
tending or designed to produce conformity by violent or ruthless methods
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