Janus-faced, adj.
having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past
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Janus-faced two-faced
marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
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Janus-faced ambidextrous deceitful double-dealing double-faced double-tongued duplicitous two-faced
sample sentences
"she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill"a double-dealing double agent"
"a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray
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having or concerned with polarities or contrasts
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Janus-faced
sample sentences
"a Janus-faced view of history""a Janus-faced policy"
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