janus-faced

Adjective
  1. Having or concerned with polarities or contrasts (synset 302485167)
    "a Janus-faced view of history"; "a Janus-faced policy"
    similar to: bipolar - having two poles
  2. Marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another (synset 301225960)
    "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"; "a double-dealing double agent"; "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"
    similar to: dishonest, dishonorable - deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive
    same as: ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, double-faced, double-tongued, duplicitous, two-faced
  3. Having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past (synset 300237163)
    "Janus the two-faced god"
    similar to: faced - having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number; often used in combination
    same as: two-faced

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