Definitions for profiling

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profiling pro·fil·ing

Spelling: [proh-fahy-ling]

IPA: /ˈproʊ faɪ lɪŋ/

Profiling is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 252 anagrams from letters in profiling (fgiilnopr).

Definitions for profiling

noun

1. the use of personal characteristics or behavior patterns to make generalizations about a person, as in gender profiling.
2. the use of these characteristics to determine whether a person may be engaged in illegal activity, as in racial profiling.
3. the outline or contour of the human face, especially the face viewed from one side.
4. a picture or representation of the side view of a head.
5. an outlined view, as of a city or mountain.
6. an outline of an object, as a molding, formed on a vertical plane passed through the object at right angles to one of its principal horizontal dimensions.
7. a drawing or the like representing this.
8. Surveying. a vertical section of the ground surface taken parallel to a survey line. Compare cross section (def 6).
9. a verbal, arithmetical, or graphic summary or analysis of the history, status, etc., of a process, activity, relationship, or set of characteristics:
10. an informal biography or a concisely presented sketch of the life and character of a person.
11. Digital Technology. the personal details, images, user statistics, social media timeline, etc., that an individual creates and associates with a username or online account.
12. a set of characteristics or qualities that identify a type or category of person or thing:
13. the look, configuration, or lines of something:
14. degree of noticeability; visibility.
15. Psychology. a description of behavioral and personality traits of a person compared with accepted norms or standards.
16. Theater. a flat stage property or scenic piece cut from a firm, thin material, as of beaverboard or plywood, and having an irregular edge resembling the silhouette of a natural object.
17. (in a gear) the outline of either end of a tooth.
18. Naval Architecture. a longitudinal elevation or section of a vessel. Compare outboard profile.

verb (used with object)

1. to draw a profile of.
2. to produce or present a history, description, or analysis of:

Origin of profiling

1650-60; (noun) Italian prof(f)ilo, noun derivative of profilare “to delineate, outline,” equivalent to pro- pro-¹ + -filare, derivative of filo “line, thre

Examples for profiling

First on the to-do list, the profiling exercises to help the Western masses understand the nature of the wretched beast.

Real-world profilers have to be careful, and are, not to indulge in facile ethnic, racial or religious “profiling.”

I realize that in recent years, profiling has become a dirty word, synonymous with prejudice, racism, and bigotry.

Did The Grey Lady feel silly about profiling an actor after such a small role?

People are worried about profiling people for the color of their skin.

Meanwhile, Herman Cain said he advocates not profiling but “targeted identification.”

An essential beginning to an investigation of this kind would be profiling of every passenger.

These laws encourage suspicion, bias, and profiling of immigrants, Latinos, and other people of color.

Thomas E. Weber trolls the boards for pilots' 10 biggest worries, from airport workers to profiling.

The Malaysians now say that nothing significant has been turned up from this profiling.