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Procrustean bed also procrustean bed

An arbitrary standard to which exact conformity is forced.

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procrustean bed - a standard that is enforced uniformly without regard to individuality

procrustean rule, procrustean standard

criterion, standard, touchstone, measure - a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated; "the schools comply with federal standards"; "they set the measure for all subsequent work"

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to apply the parrhesia tool, first, to make the suspect betray himself publicly, preferably before the camera eyes shooting their miserable condition and regretful faces for the masses, then, as its natural consequence, to stock themselves with the opportunity of even punishing the renegade in more cruel and serious ways, like realizing their ideal in "Room 101" and put him on the Procrustean bed ultimatly.

Parrhesia in Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm by Majid Jafari Saray / Literature, writing, book reviews community

it is subject-specific and is not immediately measurable except by a procrustean bed of certain discounted cash flow investment appraisals designed to elucidate it.

Professional valuation and investment-financial valuation: ... by Artemenkov, A.I.; Mikerin, G.I.; Artemenkov, I.L. / Appraisal Journal

The sensitive critic of Shakespeare, as Nuttall demonstrates over and over in his close readings, seems to find that the Bard has always included another layer of complexity in his art that resists the urge of the critic to create a Procrustean bed of meaning.

Shakespeare and mimesis by Urbanczyk, Aaron / Modern Age

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