individualism vs doctrine

individualism and doctrine both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
individualism	Yes	No	No	No
doctrine	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, doctrine is a hypernym of individualism; that is, doctrine is a word with a broader meaning than individualism:

individualism: the doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs
doctrine: a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

Other hypernyms of individualism include ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought.

individualism (noun)	doctrine (noun)
the quality of being individual	a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
the doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs
a belief in the importance of the individual and the virtue of self-reliance and personal independence