Definition of Janus-faced

1. Adjective. Having or concerned with polarities or contrasts. "A Janus-faced policy"

Similar to: Bipolar

2. Adjective. Marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another. "A double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"

3. Adjective. Having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past. "Janus the two-faced god"
Exact synonyms: Two-faced
Similar to: Faced

Lexicographical Neighbors of Janus-faced

Jansenist
Jansenists
Jansky-Bielschowsky disease
Janson
Januaries
January
January 0
January 1
January 19
January 20
January 6
Januarye
Januarys
Janus
Janus-faced
Janus cloth
Janus green B
Janus particle
Janus particles
Jap
Japan
Japan Socialist Party
Japan Standard Time
Japan Trench
Japan allspice
Japan bittersweet
Japan cedar
Japan current

Literary usage of Janus-faced

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pittsburgh Reports by Boyd Crumrine (1872)
"That he never thought of a Janus faced lock and never manufactured one, but had different patterns for right and left hand locks. ..."

2. Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by John William Wallace, United States Supreme Court (1903)
"The name ' janus-faced" locks was given to this machine to distinguish it from others which had not its peculiar qualities. "Now, it is evident, ..."

3. Some Aspects of Banking Theory by William Howard Steiner (1920)
"Moreover, the institution itself has become janus-faced; in performing the one ... Suffice it to note at this point that the janus-faced character is due in ..."

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