Meaning & Definition of Wilderness in English

1. (politics) a state of disfavor

• "He led the democratic party back from the wilderness"

2. A wooded region in northeastern virginia near spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the american civil war

3. A wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition

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

4. 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"