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Profiling   /prˈoʊfˌaɪlɪŋ/   Listen
Profiling

noun
1.
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.



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facial profiling
genetic profiling
linguistic profiling
racial profiling


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"Profiling" Quotes from Famous Books



... can be aware of except by visiting his unique performances. The redman's notion of the theatric does not depend upon artificial appliances. He relies entirely upon the sun with its so clear light of the west and southwest to do his profiling and silhouetting for him, and he knows the sun will cooperate with every one of his intentions. He allows for the sense of mass and of detail with proper proportion, allows also for the interval of escape in mood, crediting the value of the pause with the ability to do ...
— Adventures in the Arts - Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets • Marsden Hartley


Words linked to "Profiling" :   racial profiling, identification


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