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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

Pro•crus•te•an adj.

Mythologypertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
(often l.c.) tending to produce conformity by violent or arbitrary means.

Procruste(s) + -an 1840–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

Procrustean / prəʊˈkrʌstɪən/

tending or designed to produce conformity by violent or ruthless methods

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