What is another word for procrustes?

Pronunciation: [pɹə͡ʊkɹˈʌsts] (IPA)

Procrustes was a character in Greek mythology who would stretch or hack off the limbs of travelers who did not fit on his bed. His name has since been used figuratively to describe someone who forces others into uniformity or conformity. Synonyms for Procrustes include enforcer, dictator, oppressor, authoritarian, controller, and tyrant. These terms all refer to individuals who wield power and authority over others, often through force and intimidation. When someone enforces rigid rules or standards and punishes those who do not comply, they can be said to be acting like a Procrustes figure. In modern parlance, a Procrustean approach is a one-size-fits-all mentality that ignores individual differences and preferences.

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Usage examples for Procrustes

Let the student of singing beware of the numerous impostors who claim to have a "Method," a sort of bed of procrustes, which the victim, whether long or short, is made to fit.
"Style in Singing"
W. E. Haslam
There could be no truce between those who believed that everything must be fashioned after old models, that procrustes must settle the height and depth, the length and breadth of art-forms, and those who, inspired with the new wine of liberty and free creative thought, held that the rule of form should always be the mere expression of the vital, flexible thought.
"The Great German Composers"
George T. Ferris
procrustes only lopped the limbs to suit the measure of his bed; but these rules and moulds for the spiritual life, cut down the new man, who is made by God's Spirit, to the earthly standard of some narrow stunted experience of other times.
"Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors"
James Freeman Clarke

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