political theory vs socialism

socialism vs political theory

political theory and socialism both are nouns.

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

As nouns, socialism is a hyponym of political theory; that is, socialism 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
socialism: a political theory advocating state ownership of industry

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, liberalism, meritocracy, libertarianism, monarchism, Negritude, Orleanism, progressivism, radicalism, reactionism, republicanism, rightism, theocracy, Utopianism, dovishness, hawkishness, unitarism, anti-democracy, neo-Marxism, Pan-Germanism, social liberalism, pan-Europeanism.

political theory (noun)	socialism (noun)
an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation	a political theory advocating state ownership of industry
	an economic system based on state ownership of capital

Difference between political theory and socialism

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