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