“民族主义”(Nationalism)一词,16世纪先见于西欧。1836年首次列入《牛津字典》后,即被人们广泛使用。这是由于最近四五个世纪以来,民族主义一直是引人注目的具有广泛基础和深远影响的重要思想,受其指导或影响的运动亦绵延不断的缘故。 The term “nationalism” first met in Western Europe in the 16th century. First introduced in 1836, “Oxford Dictionary”, that is widely used. This is because nationalism has always been a dramatic and broad-based and far-reaching important thought of the past four or five centuries. The movement guided or influenced by it has also been on an endless stream.