procrustean

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If you’re the parent of a child with special needs who’s felt the cold procrustean hands of the public school system, you know what this father is up against.

From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 2021

You're trying to fit me into this procrustean notion that you have of me.

From Time • Jul. 22, 2010

A favorite of the French theorists, Kubrick ironically has the most difficulty fitting their procrustean bed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Most cunning of all, Deng has stretched the procrustean bed of Maoism to fit his own needs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Either way he might meet a procrustean fate; and, although a saving amount of theism might remain, he would not be sound or comfortable.

From Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism by Gray, Asa