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English

Adjective

producing or designed to produce strict conformity by ruthless or arbitrary means
marked by arbitrary often ruthless disregard of individual differences or special circumstances

Derived terms

procrustean bed

Category:Greek mythology

vi:procrustean

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Procrustean \Pro*crus"te*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to Procrustes, or the mode of torture
practiced by him; producing conformity by violent means; as,
the Procrustean treatment; a Procrustean limit. See
Procrustes.
[1913 Webster]

Moby Dictionary
dour , firm , fundamentalist , hard , hidebound , impliable , inexorable ,
inflexible , iron , ironbound , ironclad , ironhanded , muscle-bound ,
obdurate , obstinate , orthodox , purist , puristic , puritan ,
puritanic , relentless , rigid , rigorist , rigoristic , rigorous ,
rockbound , stiff , straightlaced , straitlaced , stubborn , unbending ,
uncompromising , unrelenting , unyielding