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Definition of procrustean bed in English Turkish dictionary
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Definition of procrustean bed in English English dictionary
- An arbitrary standard to which compliance is enforced
The Procrustean bed is not a symbol of equality.
- something to which people are forced to conform (from the Greek legend of a robber who altered his victims to fit his bed by stretching them or cutting off their legs)
- An arbitrary standard to which exact conformity is forced
- procrustean beds
- plural form of procrustean bed
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