JANUS-FACED

• (adj.) having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past

  "Janus the two-faced god"

  synonyms : two-faced

• (adj.) 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", "a double-dealing double agent", "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"

  synonyms : ambidextrous , deceitful , double-dealing , double-faced , double-tongued , duplicitous , two-faced

• (adj.) having or concerned with polarities or contrasts

  "a Janus-faced view of history", "a Janus-faced policy"

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