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Procrustean Definition


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Procrustean
adj
    1. Designed or intended to enforce rules or conformity by violent or forceful methods.
Etymology: 19c: from Procrustes the name of a robber in Greek mythology who stretched his victums or amputated their limbs to make them fit a bed; from Greek procroustes stretcher.



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