one-trick-ponyism

noun

The state of being a one-trick pony.

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Meanings

nounone-trick-ponyism (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableThe state of being a one-trick pony.

    Finally delivering “Room on Fire,” the follow-up to their much ballyhooed debut album, the well-heeled but stylishly bedraggled locals try to dispel accusations of one-trick-ponyism.

    2003, The New Yorker, page 17

Origin

From one-trick pony + -ism.

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