wilderness meaning and definition

WILDERNESS noun

Definition of wilderness (noun)

1. (politics) a state of disfavor
   • "he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness"
2. a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War
3. a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
   • "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers"
   • synonyms: wild
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"