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Adj. 1. Janus-faced – having or concerned with polarities or contrasts; “a Janus-faced view of history”; “a Janus-faced policy”

bipolar – having two poles
2. Janus-facedJanus-faced – 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”- Israel Zangwill; “a double-dealing double agent”; “a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer”- W.M.Thackeray

dishonest, dishonorable – deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive
3. Janus-facedJanus-faced – having two faces–one looking to the future and one to the past; “Janus the two-faced god”

faced – having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number; often used in combination; “a neatly faced terrace”

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