Janus-faced

English right|thumb|A statue of the Roman god Janus. Adjective two-faced; double-faced; deceitful. en Thesaurus:deceptive Embodying two opposing forces. en 2005 Raymond Geuss Outside Ethics 13 Princeton University Press 0691123411 Since at the latest the middle of the nineteenth century, then, “liberalism” refers both to a relatively abstract theoretical structure — a collection of characteristic arguments, ideals, values, concepts — and to a social reality, a political movement that is at least partially institutionalized in organized parties. Janus-faced historical phenomena of this kind that encompass both conceptual or theoretical elements and real social forces pose special difficulties for traditional forms of philosophy. en w:San Francisco Chronicle One of San Francisco’s strangest buildings was a mash-up masterpiece March 19 2021 Gary Kamiya Both sides of this Janus-faced creator, the revolutionary and the conservative, are not only visible, but engage in an ongoing dialogue — a witty and profound conversation between cast iron and shimmering glass that will amuse, instruct and inspire passers-by as long as the Hallidie Building stands on Sutter Street. https://web.archive.org/web/20260427203232/https://www.sfchronicle.com/vault/portalsofthepast/article/One-of-San-Francisco-s-strangest-buildings-was-16038435.php Related terms en Janus-faced lock en Janus-headed Translations double-faced; deceitful Bulgarian: bg двуличен en eponyms parasynthetic adjectives