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What does Janus-faced mean?

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It is more or less reduced to Janus-faced etiquettes of the moral and grotesque body, placed by the author, as it seems, where most suitable.
A Janus-faced entity who, looking inward, sees himself as a self-contained unique whole, looking outward as a dependent part.
Every day they confront a Janus-faced social discourse on female gender, which wedges them between two conflicting ideals of femininity.
These reveal a Janus-faced director, working firmly in a tradition of Victorian hagiography, but clearly searching for contemporary relevance.
Perhaps this goes some way to explaining why one of our biggest stars is such a Janus-faced mess of narcissism and self-loathing.
And I suggest that citizenship education needs to start by confronting the Janus-faced nature of people's anger, and making the most of it.

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