two-facedness

two-faced

[too-feyst]
adjective
1.
having two faces.
2.
deceitful or hypocritical.
Compare Janus-faced.


Origin:
1610–20

two-fac·ed·ly [too-fey-sid-lee, -feyst-lee] , adverb
two-fac·ed·ness, noun


2. treacherous, devious, dishonest, false.
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two-faced
 
adj
deceitful; insincere; hypocritical
 
two-facedly
 
adv
 
two-'facedness
 
n

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Two-facedness is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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two-faced
 
adj
deceitful; insincere; hypocritical
 
two-facedly
 
adv
 
two-'facedness
 
n

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