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by _a_a_a_ 1016 days ago
Today is your lucky day. Have a new word; Procrustean.

"forcing strict conformity through disregard of individual differences or special circumstances"

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/procrustean

"In Greek mythology, Procrustes ... was a rogue smith and bandit from Attica who attacked [read: killed] people by stretching them or cutting off their legs, so as to force them to fit the size of an iron bed."

"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procrustes"