"WASPize" meaning in English

See WASPize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: WASPizes [present, singular, third-person], WASPizing [participle, present], WASPized [participle, past], WASPized [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} WASPize (third-person singular simple present WASPizes, present participle WASPizing, simple past and past participle WASPized)
  1. To become or make more WASPy
    Sense id: en-WASPize-en-verb--eoUxPZa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry
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          "ref": "1980 April 5, Cindy Rizzo, “Coming Out - Again”, in Gay Community News, page 5:",
          "text": "Usually famous people, or those on the road to fame, adopt new names not so that they will stand out, but so that they will blend in. Americanizing or WASPizing one's name is familiar to us all. In fact, I am quite proud when an entertainer keeps her/his original hard-to-pronounce name.",
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