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wildernessc. 1200, "wild, uninhabited, or uncultivated place," with -ness + Old English wild-deor "wild animal, wild deer;" see wild (adj.) + deer (n.). Similar formation in Dutch wildernis, [..]
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wildernessenvironment that has remained essentially undisturbed by human activity. Read more in the NG Education Encyclopedia
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wildernessWhen a garden is neglected and becomes overgrown
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wildernessA Wilderness is a wood, kept for pleasure, with walks.
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wildernessterm used in landscape gardening from the C17th for a designed, ornamental area of trees or woods laid out with paths, sometimes seats and statuary, to provide a place in which to wander, in contrast [..]
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wilderness(politics) a state of disfavor; "he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness" a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusiv [..]
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wildernessa wild or desert area of land where no one lives
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wildernessareas of land that have never experienced any meaningful human activity.
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wilderness wildness.
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wildernessA large area of unmodified or slightly modified land, and/or sea, retaining its natural character and influence, without permanent or significant habitation. Dudley, N. (ed.) IUCN 2008 1 An area wher [..]
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wildernessuncultivated, uninhabited and inhospitable regions
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wildernessa land in which no people live.
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wildernessWilderness or wild land is an intact or undisturbed natural environment. It is a wild natural area that has not been significantly modified by any human activity such as laying of pipelines, construct [..]
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wilderness(n) (politics) a state of disfavor(n) a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War(n) a wild and uninhabite [..]
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wildernessNature untamed, untouched by humankind, potentially hostile, indifferent, destructive, but also awe-inspiring, sublime, exhilarating.
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wildernessUndeveloped federal land retaining its primeval character, without permanent human habitation or improvements. It is protected and managed to preserve its natural condition. Wilderness Areas are desig [..]
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wildernessEnvironment un-modified by Human Activity. Areas in which natural processes operate without Human interference.
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wildernesslang=en
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* '''1678''' — . ''''.
*: The prophet Jeremiah thus describes it: "A wilderness, a land of deserts and of pits, a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, a lan [..]
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wildernessAn unsettled, uncultivated region left in its natural condition.
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