state of nature

Noun
  1. A wild primitive state untouched by civilization (synset 113962386)
    "he lived in the wild"; "they collected mushrooms in the wild"
    is a type of: state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes
    subtypes: crudeness, crudity, primitiveness, primitivism, rudeness - a wild or unrefined state
    same as: natural state, wild

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