meritocracy vs ideology

meritocracy and ideology both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
meritocracy	Yes	No	No	No
ideology	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, ideology is a hypernym of meritocracy; that is, ideology is a word with a broader meaning than meritocracy:

meritocracy: the belief that rulers should be chosen for their superior abilities and not because of their wealth or birth
ideology: an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation

Other hypernyms of meritocracy include political orientation, political theory.

meritocracy (noun)	ideology (noun)
the belief that rulers should be chosen for their superior abilities and not because of their wealth or birth	an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation
a form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects	imaginary or visionary theorization