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View synonyms for Procrustean bed
Procrustean bed
or procrustean bed
noun
- a plan or scheme to produce uniformity or conformity by arbitrary or violent methods.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Procrustean bed1
After Procrustes, the bandit from Greek mythology who stretched or amputated the limbs of travelers to make them conform to the length of his bed.
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Example Sentences
It is an error to suppose that beauty must be racked on a procrustean bed of formula.
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On its Procrustean bed the stunted members of the race are racked; the giants are cut down.
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But they had no right to tyrannise over others, and tie them down to their own procrustean bed.
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Iron-bound, impersonal ethics, the procrustean bed of rules, he soon saw at their true value as the deification of averages.
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Freethought has no procrustean bed upon which it may bring all of its constituency to one and the same size.
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