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Procrustean

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Procrustean
tending or designed to produce conformity by violent or ruthless methods


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it is subject-specific and is not immediately measurable except by a procrustean bed of certain discounted cash flow investment appraisals designed to elucidate it.
Professional valuation and investment-financial valuation: ... by Artemenkov, A.I.; Mikerin, G.I.; Artemenkov, I.L. / Appraisal Journal
Once again, it is the avoidance of Procrustean ideological templates that furnishes the dynamism of the conservative's vision.
The range and originality of conservative reflection by Young, R.V. / Modern Age
Today the expression ''a Procrustean bed'' means an apparently arbitrary standard to which one is forced to conform.
The Beds Behind Those Bedtime Stories by Navjot Kaur / Home based business community
 
 
 
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