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Definitions for profiling
ˈproʊ faɪ lɪŋpro·fil·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
profilingnoun
recording a person's behavior and analyzing psychological characteristics in order to predict or assess their ability in a certain sphere or to identify a particular group of people
Wiktionary
profilingnoun
the forensic science of constructing an outline of a person's individual characteristics
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Profiling
Profiling, the extrapolation of information about something, based on known qualities, may refer specifically to:
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profiling
Profiling refers to the analysis or investigation of a person's, company's, or entity's characteristics, behaviors, traits, patterns, or trends. It is often used in different fields such as social science, law enforcement, data analysis, marketing, psychology, or other domains to predict or understand behaviors or conducting assessments. Profiling methods may use statistical techniques or artificial intelligence algorithms in processing the information.
Webster Dictionary
Profiling
of Profile
Profilingnoun
in the construction of fieldworks, the erection at proper intervals of wooden profiles, to show to the workmen the sectional form of the parapets at those points
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of profiling in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of profiling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of profiling in a Sentence
There's a lot of racial profiling going on within the system.
A white police officer in Ferguson may be married to a black woman and have black and Latino friends, but that doesn't mean the officer is above racial profiling.
To me, it’s not a problem (to show ID card) but I can perfectly imagine the kind of downward spiral it could trigger – it’s like racial profiling.
For a lot of Black Americans, we have a personal history or a family story of things going bad really fast, vampires and zombies are an escape from police profiling and worries that a teenaged son may not get home.
How about the person who knew what was going on said they didn't want to report them because they think it might be racial profiling, did you see that? we have become so politically correct that we don't know what the hell we're doing.
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- جانبيArabic
- προφίλGreek
- profilageFrench
- membuat profilIndonesian
- プロファイリングJapanese
- profilingDutch
- profilowyPolish
- profilingPortuguese
- профилированиеRussian
- 剖析Chinese
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