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Janus-faced

Janus-faced \Ja"nus-faced`\, a. Double-faced; deceitful.

Janus-faced lock, one having duplicate faces so as to go upon a right or a left hand door, the key entering on either side indifferently.
--Knight.

Usage examples of "janus-faced".

Cognitive science is therefore Janus-faced, for it looks down both roads at once: One of its faces is turned toward nature and sees cognitive processes as behavior [standard Right-Hand approach].