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Procrustean, a.|prəʊˈkrʌstiːən|
[f. Procrustes + -an: cf. Herculean.]
Of or pertaining to Procrustes: aiming or tending to produce uniformity by violent and arbitrary methods.
a1846Christian Observer (cited in Worcester). 1848Mrs. Gaskell Mary Barton xv, To..tie them down to their own Procrustean bed. 1857Toulmin Smith Parish 118 For which they have cut and dried procrustean remedies ready to hand. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) II. 271 Neither must we attempt to confine the Platonic dialogue on the Procrustean bed of a single idea. 1876Mozley Univ. Serm. vii. (1877) 156 Not to be submitted to any Procrustean process, even of disciplinary moulding.
Hence Proˈcrusteanism, a Procrustean method or principle; Proˈcrusteanize v., to render Procrustean; to treat by Procrustean methods.
1864Edin. Rev. July 168 The repulsive *Procrusteanism of the course of instruction.
a1846Christian Obs. (cited in Worcester), *Procrusteanize. 1899Speaker 30 Dec. 338/2 The girls sat daily in a horrible machine constructed to Procrusteanize a long and graceful neck by drawing up the head and chin. |