janus-faced
adjective
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having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past
Janus the two-faced god
- 2
marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill
a double-dealing double agent
- 3
having or concerned with polarities or contrasts
a Janus-faced view of history
a Janus-faced policy
general
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Double-faced; deceitful. Janus-faced lock, one having duplicate faces so as to go upon a right or a left hand door, the key entering on either side indifferently. Knight.
Janus the two-faced god
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