Procrustean

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 [moby-thes]:

  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