Definition, examples of use and spelling of the word WILDERNESS.
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(00:00) Intro
(00:08) As a noun
(00:52) Spelling
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As a noun (00:08):
• (politics) a state of disfavor
• a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive
battles were fought in the American Civil War
• a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
• a bewildering profusion
Examples:
• "he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness"
• "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers"
• "the duties of citizenship are lost sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and groups"