janus-faced Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

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