procrustean bed

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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

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procrustean beds

plural form of procrustean bed

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Pro·crus·te·an bed

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arbitrary standard, bed of procrustes, instrument of torture