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Janus-faced   /dʒˈeɪnəs-feɪst/   Listen
Janus-faced

adjective
1.
Having or concerned with polarities or contrasts.  "A Janus-faced policy"
2.
Marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another.  Synonyms: ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, double-faced, double-tongued, duplicitous, two-faced.  "A double-dealing double agent" , "A double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"
3.
Having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past.  Synonym: two-faced.





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"Janus-faced" Quotes from Famous Books



... Janus-faced historian, the heroes of the Talmud stand enveloped in glory. We meet with men like Hillel and Shammai, Jochanan ben Zakkai, Gamaliel, Joshua ben Chananya, the famous Akiba, and later on Yehuda the Prince, friend of the imperial philosopher Marcus Aurelius, ...
— Jewish Literature and Other Essays • Gustav Karpeles


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