- political theory
- nounan orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation• Syn: ↑political orientation, ↑ideology• Derivationally related forms: ↑ideologist (for: ↑ideology), ↑ideological (for: ↑ideology)• Hypernyms: ↑orientation• Hyponyms:↑absolutism, ↑totalitarianism, ↑totalism, ↑anarchism, ↑autocracy, ↑centrism, ↑moderatism, ↑collectivism, ↑communism, ↑conservatism, ↑conservativism, ↑segregationism, ↑constitutionalism, ↑democracy, ↑social democracy, ↑domino theory, ↑elitism, ↑extremism, ↑fascism, ↑federalism, ↑imperialism, ↑leftism, ↑liberalism, ↑meritocracy, ↑libertarianism, ↑monarchism, ↑Negritude, ↑Orleanism, ↑progressivism, ↑radicalism, ↑reactionism, ↑republicanism, ↑rightism, ↑socialism, ↑theocracy, ↑Utopianism, ↑dovishness, ↑hawkishness• Attrubites: ↑conservative, ↑liberal
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noun1.a. : a theory having to do with the political relationships among men; specifically : one concerned with the organization and basis of governmentpolitical theories are generated by social frictions — A.S.Kaufman
b. : the general body of such theoriesa history of political theory
2. : a branch of political science concerned chiefly with the ideas of past and present political thinkers and the doctrines and proposals of political movements and groupsdiscussion of the proper scope of governmental action … has usually been regarded as a proper part of political theory — F.W.Coker
Useful english dictionary. 2012.