WILDERNESS

• (noun) a bewildering profusion

  "the duties of citizenship are lost sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and groups", "a wilderness of masts in the harbor"

• (noun) a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition

  "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers"

  synonyms : wild

• (noun) a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War

• (noun) (politics) a state of disfavor

  "he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness"

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