procrustean

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Procrustean
    adj 1: of or relating to the mythical giant Procrustes or the
           mode of torture practiced by him

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Procrustean \Pro*crus"te*an\, 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}.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

34 Moby Thesaurus words for "procrustean":
      dour, firm, fundamentalist, hard, hidebound, impliable, inexorable,
      inflexible, iron, ironbound, ironclad, ironhanded, muscle-bound,
      obdurate, obstinate, orthodox, purist, puristic, puritan,
      puritanic, relentless, rigid, rigorist, rigoristic, rigorous,
      rockbound, stiff, straightlaced, straitlaced, stubborn, unbending,
      uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding

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