autocracy vs political theory

autocracy and political theory both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
autocracy	Yes	No	No	No
political theory	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, political theory is a hypernym of autocracy; that is, political theory is a word with a broader meaning than autocracy:

autocracy: a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual
political theory: an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation

Other hypernyms of autocracy include ideology, political orientation.

autocracy (noun)	political theory (noun)
a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual	an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation
a political system governed by a single individual