PROCRUSTEAN


Meaning of PROCRUSTEAN in English

( a. )

Of or pertaining to Procrustes, or the mode of torture practiced by him; producing conformity by violent means; as, the Procrustean treatment; a Procrustean limit. See Procrustes.

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