wilderness

noun

1. a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War
2. (politics) a state of disfavor"he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness"
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"