Definition of "Wilderness" :

noun: a bewildering profusion

"The duties of citizenship are lost sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and groups."

noun: a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition

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

noun: a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War

noun: (politics) a state of disfavor

"He led the Democratic party back from the wilderness."