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Nope, nazi is a specific term for a specific kind of fascist. Dont get me wrong, there are plenty of people who don't understand the words that they use but thats not the same things as them being correct.
So no, the Israeli government are not nazis and only a moron would think that they were.
The word "fascism" comes from Mussolini's ideas and was later used to denote any political system with similar ideas. I think the use of the word "nazism" has been generalized in the same way.
Nazi = National Socialist even though they weren’t socialists. Go figure.
Yes, prescriptively, it's a very certain type. You'll notice how for instance in Wikipedia they'd capitalise the n in "Nazi", while on forums you might see people using just "nazi". Is there a difference? Yes. The same way "literally" means literally, but it can also be used just as emphasis. And that's the opposite of it's meaning.
Yet because some people like to use it that way, it's accepted as a colloquialism into the language.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colloquialism
Just like that wasn't the first definition of nazi, so too "literally" has a several definitions.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/literally
See how that works?
You're using the non capitalised version as well. So you're incorrect. The Israeli government are nazis. They might not be Nazis, but they are nazis.
Language is descriptive, not prescriptive. Word meanings can change over time, the only thing that makes a word's definition "correct" is if it successfully communicates information.
I'm not saying that to castigate you but to make your point bullet proof.
I actually agree with your definition, but arguing that a word's definition is wrong simply because "thats not how it's defined" ignores the way that real people actually use words today