political theory vs liberalism

liberalism vs political theory

political theory and liberalism both are nouns.

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

As nouns, liberalism is a hyponym of political theory; that is, liberalism is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than political theory:

political theory: an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation
liberalism: a political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution

Other hyponyms of political theory include absolutism, totalism, totalitarianism, anarchism, autocracy, centrism, moderatism, collectivism, communism, conservatism, conservativism, fundamentalism, segregationism, constitutionalism, democracy, social democracy, domino theory, elitism, extremism, fascism, federalism, imperialism, leftism, meritocracy, libertarianism, monarchism, Negritude, Orleanism, progressivism, radicalism, reactionism, republicanism, rightism, socialism, theocracy, Utopianism, dovishness, hawkishness, unitarism, anti-democracy, neo-Marxism, Pan-Germanism, social liberalism, pan-Europeanism.

political theory (noun)	liberalism (noun)
an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation	a political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution
	an economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market

Difference between political theory and liberalism

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