Main entry: wilderness
Definition: a bewildering profusion
Usage: the duties of citizenship are lost sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and groups; a wilderness of masts in the harbor
Main entry: wild, wilderness
Definition: a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
Usage: it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers
Main entry: Wilderness
Definition: a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War
Main entry: wilderness
Definition: (politics) a state of disfavor
Usage: he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness