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profiling

/proh-fahy-ling/US // ˈproʊ faɪ lɪŋ //UK // (ˈprəʊˌfaɪlɪŋ) //

剖析,剖析法,分析,剖面

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the use of personal characteristics or behavior patterns to make generalizations about a person, as in gender profiling.
    • : the use of these characteristics to determine whether a person may be engaged in illegal activity, as in racial profiling.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Examples

  • The company runs a vast profiling machine, fitting people into categories that say who they are, what they’re worth, and how they’re expected to act.

  • Progressive profiling, in which marketers gather small amounts of data at a time, often via a series of forms on their website, also can help companies tailor email content, tone of voice, timing, and so on to better serve each audience segment.

  • Of the 119 complaints alleging racial and identity profiling in 2018 and 2019, the Sheriff’s Department determined that all but one were unfounded.

  • State law requires that police agencies turn over the total number of complaints against officers, including but not limited to allegations of racial or identity profiling.

  • Apple and Facebook are openly feuding over the future of online profiling and behavior tracking.

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

  • Right-wing columnists call for Eric Holder to launch a full-scale federal investigation on racial profiling at the White House.

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

  • As fears of the virus hitting Europe intensify, health officials warn that paranoia and racial profiling may grow, as well.

  • We have been the target of widespread profiling and surveillance by the NYPD simply because of our faith.