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procrustean-bed

noun as in Procrustean bed

noun as in forced pattern

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Example Sentences

It is an error to suppose that beauty must be racked on a procrustean bed of formula.

On its Procrustean bed the stunted members of the race are racked; the giants are cut down.

But they had no right to tyrannise over others, and tie them down to their own procrustean bed.

Iron-bound, impersonal ethics, the procrustean bed of rules, he soon saw at their true value as the deification of averages.

Freethought has no procrustean bed upon which it may bring all of its constituency to one and the same size.

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On this page you'll find 3 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to Procrustean bed, such as: arbitrary standard, bed of procrustes, and instrument of torture.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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