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ˈproʊ faɪ lɪŋpro·fil·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. 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

  1. profilingnoun

    the forensic science of constructing an outline of a person's individual characteristics

Wikipedia

  1. Profiling

    Profiling, the extrapolation of information about something, based on known qualities, may refer specifically to:

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  1. 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

  1. Profiling

    of Profile

  2. 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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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of profiling in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of profiling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of profiling in a Sentence

  1. Demonstrator Dariel Ali:

    There's a lot of racial profiling going on within the system.

  2. Charles Gallagher:

    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.

  3. Tania Chauvin:

    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.

  4. Linda Addison:

    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.

  5. Donald Trump:

    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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