procrustean beds

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procrustean bed
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plural form of procrustean bed
procrustean bed
An arbitrary standard to which compliance is enforced

The Procrustean bed is not a symbol of equality.

Procrustean bed
something to which people are forced to conform (from the Greek legend of a robber who altered his victims to fit his bed by stretching them or cutting off their legs)
Procrustean bed
An arbitrary standard to which exact conformity is forced