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• n  a standard that is enforced uniformly without regard to individuality

• procrustean standard
• procrustean rule

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• The Top Whatever: Ranking only the college football teams that should be ranked
  Trying to make a top 25 is miserable for one reason: the procrustean bed and inane framework of the number 25. You either have to saw someone's legs off to fit them in at exactly the 25 spot, or you stretch three or four mediocre teams out into something resembling a home stretch. That's why it's time to stop trying, and just make it a Top Whatever. We'll just be picking four teams starting next ...
  Oct. 14, 2013 - SB Nation