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English adjective: Janus-faced | |||
| 1. | Janus-faced having or concerned with polarities or contrasts | ||
| Samples | A Janus-faced view of history. A Janus-faced policy. | ||
| Similar | bipolar | ||
| Antonyms | unipolar | ||
| 2. | Janus-faced marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another | ||
| Samples | 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 | ||
| Similar | dishonest, dishonorable | ||
| Antonyms | honest, honorable | ||
| 3. | Janus-faced having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past | ||
| Samples | Janus the two-faced god. | ||
| Synonyms | two-faced | ||
| Similar | faced | ||
| Antonyms | faceless | ||
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