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Procrustean

adjective

Of or relating to the mythical giant Procrustes or the mode of torture practiced by him.

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"Procrustean" Quotes from Famous Books

... its special educational aids for the gifted. Already that demand is being met in countless ways that will readily occur to all. Meanwhile, there is the public school organized to meet the needs of the "average child." At first the grade-system had a Procrustean bed that made it impossible to meet the needs of those below the average and almost as difficult to meet the needs of those above that average. We started special schools and special rooms for those subnormal, retarded, ...

— The Family and it's Members • Anna Garlin Spencer

... and in many European ones, are economy, simplicity, brevity of notation, expansibility, unchanging call-numbers, etc. It has been criticised as too mechanical, as illogical in arrangement of classes, as presenting many incongruities in its divisions, as procrustean, as wholly inadequate in its classification of jurisprudence, etc. It is partially used by librarians who have had to introduce radical changes in portions of the classification, and in fact it is understood that the classification has been very largely made ...

— A Book for All Readers • Ainsworth Rand Spofford

Words linked to "Procrustean" : Procrustes, procrustean standard, procrustean bed