wilderness

noun

1. 1

   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

2. 2

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

   the duties of citizenship are lost sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and groups

   a wilderness of masts in the harbor

3. 3

   a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition

   it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers

4. 4

   (politics) a state of disfavor

   he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness