meritocracy vs political theory

meritocracy and political theory both are nouns.

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

As nouns, political theory is a hypernym of meritocracy; that is, political theory 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
political theory: an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation

Other hypernyms of meritocracy include ideology, political orientation.

meritocracy (noun)	political theory (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