profiling Synonyms
Another word for profiling
• noun (Context 1)
The act or process of extrapolating information about a person based on known traits, tendencies, or behavioral patterns, especially in criminal investigation or marketing.
"Criminal characterization helped investigators narrow down the list of suspects by analyzing the nature of the offenses."
• noun (Context 2)
The suspect practice by law enforcement of targeting individuals for suspicion of crime based on race, ethnicity, religion, or national origin rather than individual behavior.
"Civil rights organizations have long campaigned against racial stereotyping during routine traffic stops."
• verb (Context 3)
To represent or describe someone or something in a short biographical or analytical sketch (present participle of profile).
"The journalist spent three months characterizing young entrepreneurs across the country for the magazine feature."
• verb (Context 4)
To categorize or evaluate someone based on behavioral, psychological, or demographic characteristics (present participle of profile).
"The marketing firm is categorizing consumer habits to better target its online advertisements."
• noun (Context 5)
In software engineering, the dynamic analysis of a computer program to measure its memory usage, execution speed, and frequency of function calls.
"Through careful code benchmarking, the developers identified the bottleneck that was slowing down the application."