JANUS-FACED as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • having two faces–one looking to the future and one to the past
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • Janus the two-faced god
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  2. Meaning
    • marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • she was a deceitful scheming little thing- Israel Zangwill
    • a double-dealing double agent
    • a double-faced infernal traitor and
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  3. Meaning
    • having or concerned with polarities or contrasts
    Usage Example(s)
    • a Janus-faced view of history
    • a Janus-faced policy
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