To be completely fair, Websters (and other dictionary publishers) are always updating the definition of words as society changes the way those words are used.
One example of this is the word "liable." When I was a kid, using it in place of "likely" was considered incorrect. However, enough people kept using it that way that it became the norm, and now dictionary com lists "likely or apt" as a third definition of the word "liable."
If society as a whole quit using the term "facism" in the traditional way, the dictionaries are going to follow suit.
One example of this is the word "liable." When I was a kid, using it in place of "likely" was considered incorrect. However, enough people kept using it that way that it became the norm, and now dictionary com lists "likely or apt" as a third definition of the word "liable."
If society as a whole quit using the term "facism" in the traditional way, the dictionaries are going to follow suit.