profiling
pronunciation
How to pronounce profiling in British English:
UK [ˈprəʊfaɪlɪŋ]
How to pronounce profiling in American English:
US [ˈproʊfaɪlɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- 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
Word Origin
- profiling (n.)
- by 1852 as a term in field engineering, verbal noun from profile (v.). The racial/ethnic stereotyping sense is attested from c. 1991, American English.
Example
- 1. The performance report file contains the data collected during profiling .
- 2. You 're accusing the prosecution of profiling ?
- 3. The technique has already been used in countries like india , where profiling has been used in murder trials .
- 4. Metabolite target analysis and metabolite profiling .
- 5. Smith : ron says security officials can no longer avoid profiling travelers , even though that will surely bring the same heated protests as body scans .