1. A standard that is enforced uniformly without regard to individuality
   "The company's one-size-fits-all policy was a procrustean rule that failed to account for employees' diverse needs";
   - procrustean standard, procrustean bed

1. Enforcing strict conformity to an arbitrary standard by violent or artificial means
   "The Procrustean approach to education ignored individual learning styles"

Type of: criterion, measure, standard, touchstone

Encyclopedia: Procrustean