Wilderness definition

(1) 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"

(2) A wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition

"It was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers"

(3) A wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War

(4) (politics) a state of disfavor

"He led the Democratic party back from the wilderness"