Worder Dictionary

English dictionary: words starting with procru

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adjective

(especially of a framework or system) enforcing uniformity or conformity without regard to natural variation or individuality.

Usage examples:

A fixed procrustean rule
noun

Procrustean nature or character; procrustean methods or principles.

verb

To enforce uniformity or conformity without regard to natural variation or individuality; to stretch or contract unnaturally.

proper noun

A robber who forced travellers to lie on a bed and made them fit it by stretching their limbs or cutting off the appropriate length of leg. theseus killed him in like manner.

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