Procrustean

a.

1.

Of or pertaining to Procrustes, or the mode of torture practiced by him; producing conformity by violent means; as, the Procrustean treatment; a Procrustean limit. See Procrustes.

dour, firm, fundamentalist, hard, hidebound, impliable, inexorable, inflexible, iron, ironbound, ironclad, ironhanded, muscle-bound, obdurate, obstinate, orthodox, purist, puristic, puritan, puritanic, relentless, rigid, rigorist, rigoristic, rigorous, rockbound, stiff, straightlaced, straitlaced, stubborn, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding

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