Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
of or relating to the mythical giant Procrustes or the mode of torture practiced by him;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Procrustean \Pro*crus"te*an\, a.
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Procrustean
adj 1: of or relating to the mythical giant Procrustes or the
mode of torture practiced by him
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
34 Moby Thesaurus words for "procrustean":
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