procrustean bed

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An arbitrary standard to which compliance is enforced

The Procrustean bed is not a symbol of equality.

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)
An arbitrary standard to which exact conformity is forced
procrustean beds
plural form of procrustean bed
procrustean bed
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