wilderness

1. (politics) a state of disfavor

- he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness

Definition categories: state, disfavor, disfavour

2. a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War

Definition categories: object

3. a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition

- it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers

Similar word(s): wild

Definition categories: location

4. 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

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