procrustean

Adjective

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

orthodox puritan hard iron firm rigid stiff relentless inflexible obstinate dour purist inexorable obdurate puritanical
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Antonyms

slack soft temporary flexible yielding lazy
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Examples

The Procrustean bed is not a symbol of equality. It is no less inequality to have equality among unequals. Felix Frankfurter

India imposes no procrustean exactions on its citizens: you can be many things and one thing. Shashi Tharoor

I was an idle student, negligent of college rules and the Procrustean details of academic life, rather choosing to nurse my own fancies than to dig into Greek roots and be numbered among the learned Thebans. Source: Internet

The Mesohadean is divided into the Canadian ( 4.3-4.2 Ga ) and the Procrustean periods ( 4.2-4.1 Ga ). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

procris Procrus procrusculum Procrustean assignment procrustean bed procrustean rule