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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
Procrustean
Pro·crus·tean 7 BrE [ˌprəʊˈkrʌstiən] NAmE [ˌproʊˈkrʌstiən] adjective
(of a system, a set of rules, etc.)treating all people or things as if they are the same, without considering individual differences and in a way that is too strict and unreasonable
Word Origin:
[Procrustean] mid 19th cent.: from the name Procrustes (a robber in Greek mythology who forced travellers to lie on a bed and made them fit it by stretching their limbs or cutting off the appropriate length of leg) + ↑-an.
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