Procrustean vs Procrustes - What's the difference?
procrustean | procrustes | Derived terms |
Enforcing strict conformity through disregard of individual differences or special circumstances.
* 2011 , (Steven Pinker), The Better Angels of Our Nature , Penguin 2012, p. 287:
A celebrated legendary highwayman of Attica, who tied his victims upon an iron bed, and, as the case required, either stretched or cut off their legs to adapt them to its length.
Procrustean is a derived term of procrustes.
As an adjective procrustean
is enforcing strict conformity through disregard of individual differences or special circumstances.As a proper noun procrustes is
a celebrated legendary highwayman of attica, who tied his victims upon an iron bed, and, as the case required, either stretched or cut off their legs to adapt them to its length.procrustean
English
(Wikipedia)Adjective
(en adjective)- The concept of an Age of Nationalism is a bit procrustean .