A large area of land where few or no people live and nature is mostly untouched. It often feels remote, rough, and full of wild plants and animals.
From Old English 'wildēornes', related to 'wild' and possibly 'deer' or wild animals. The word originally suggested a place of wild beasts.
For much of history, wilderness was something to fear or survive, not a vacation spot. Our modern love of 'getting away' into the wilderness is almost the opposite of how people once saw it.
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