wilderness

Noun
  1. (politics) a state of disfavor (synset 114437235)
    "he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness"
    referred to in: political relation, politics - social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power
    is a type of: disfavor, disfavour - the state of being out of favor
  2. A wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War (synset 109502554)
    domain region: old dominion, old dominion state, va, va., virginia - a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War
    is an instance of: forest, timber, timberland, woodland - land that is covered with trees and shrubs
  3. A wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition (synset 108701286)
    "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers"
    is a type of: geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region - a demarcated area of the Earth
    subtypes:
    • barren, waste, wasteland - an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
    • bush - a large wilderness area
    • frontier - a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
    same as: wild
  4. A bewildering profusion (synset 105124030)
    "the duties of citizenship are lost sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and groups"; "a wilderness of masts in the harbor"
    is a type of: cornucopia, profuseness, profusion, richness - the property of being extremely abundant

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