political theory

Questions about political theory

What does political theory mean?

political theory means "an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation".

What is another word for political theory?

Close synonyms include political orientation, ideology. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is political theory a common word?

political theory is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.