janus

IPA: dʒˈeɪnʌs

Root Word: Janus

(Roman mythology) The god of doorways, gates and transitions, and of beginnings and endings, having two faces looking in opposite directions.
(attributively) Used to indicate things with two faces (such as animals with diprosopus) or aspects; or made of two different materials; or having a two-way action.
(chemistry, attributively) Used to indicate an azo dye with a quaternary ammonium group, frequently with the diazo component being safranine.
(figuratively) A two-faced person, a hypocrite.
A moon of Saturn.

Examples of "janus" in Sentences

January 16th, 2008 at 5: 37 pm sorry it was andre norton judgement on janus see below
September 8, 2009 at 12:16 pm janus (mos famus vershun) oar kris (wroet eet), takz yur pikk!
Bush was a fool, and a disaster, but at least there was never any doubt as to where he stood. janus
It's an easy way to justify and add credibility to their ignorance. janus August 21st, 2009 2: 59 pm ET
At the same time, the janus-faced Lead India/Bleed India campaign by The Times of India has incited mixed reactions.
I think the only thing worse than an anti-semite is a janus-faced anti-semite, which is what his article emphatically amounts to.
Christian arguments thus both form the core of many modern justifications of toleration and yet are janus-faced, always bound by the superior aim to serve the true faith.
The Lib Dens are despised by the Tory's and Labour for their hypocrisy and janus like double standards - lets have an election so the wider public can come to that conclusion also ...