procrustean
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Etymology
From Procrustes + -an.
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- (UK) IPA(key): /pɹəʊˈkɹʌsti.ən/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
procrustean (comparative more procrustean, superlative most procrustean)
- Enforcing strict conformity through disregard of individual differences or special circumstances. [from 17th c.]
- 1862, Anthony Trollope, chapter IX, in North America. […], volume I, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC:
- The object in choosing the political capital is average nearness of approach from the various confines of the State; but commerce submits to no such Procrustean laws in selecting her capitals, and consequently she has placed Detroit on the borders of Michigan, […]
- 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 287:
- The concept of an Age of Nationalism is a bit procrustean.
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- “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), 2014 June 6 (last accessed), archived from the original on 7 June 2014