Profiling

/ˈproʊˌfaɪlɪŋ/ noun

Profiling is the practice of collecting and analyzing information about a person or group to predict their behavior or categorize them, sometimes unfairly.

From *profile* plus the suffix *-ing*, turning the idea of drawing an outline into the act of building an information outline. The meaning expanded from a physical outline to a data or behavior outline.

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