Procrustean bed
noun
A bed like that of Procrustes; figurative a measure having the effect of enforcing conformity.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in Benjamin Moseley (1742–1819), physician and opponent of vaccination.
- City Solicitor
- city state
- City Technology College
- cityward
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- city watch
- citywide
- city woman
- Ciudad Bolívar
- Ciudad del Este
- Ciudad Guayana
- Ciudad Juárez
- Ciudad Real
- Ciudad Trujillo
- Ciudad Victoria
- civet
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- civic humanism
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- civic oath