The recording and analysis of a person's psychological and behavioural characteristics, so as to assess or predict their capabilities in a certain sphere or to assist in identifying categories of people.
Usage examples:
We put everyone through psychometric profiling
verb
Describe (a person or organization) in a short article.
He was standing motionless, profiled on the far side of the swimming pool
noun
The activity of collecting important and useful details about someone or something
Usage examples:
We have been asked to investigate consumer profiling by online ad firms.
Profiling translation into English
Profiling: translate from English into Chinese
分析
Profiling: translate from English into Dutch
Profilering
Profiling: translate from English into French
Profilage, Profilé
Profiling: translate from English into German
Profilierung
Profiling: translate from English into Hindi
रूपरेखा
Profiling: translate from English into Italian
Profilazione
Profiling: translate from English into Korean
프로파일링
Profiling: translate from English into Russian
Профилирование, Профилирующий
Profiling: translate from English into Spanish
Perfilado
Word origin
mid 17th century: from obsolete Italian profilo, from the verb profilare, from pro- ‘forth’ + filare ‘to spin’, formerly ‘draw a line’ (from Latin filare, from filum ‘thread’).
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A person who records and analyses someone's psychological and behavioural characteristics, so as to assess or predict their capabilities or to assist in identifying categories of people.
Usage examples:
Psychological profilers are being used to help officers build a picture of the attacker
A person who records and analyses someone's psychological and behavioural characteristics, so as to assess or predict their capabilities or to assist in identifying categories of people.
Usage examples:
Psychological profilers are being used to help officers build a picture of the attacker
noun
A person who predicts the likely behaviour or description of someone such as a criminal, based on the information that is available about them
Usage examples:
Police are liaising closely with a criminal profiler who is advising them of the potential motives,…
