wildnesses
Savage, uncultivated conditions
Wildnesses is the plural of wildness, referring to multiple instances or types of untamed, uncontrolled, or uncivilized states.
The word appears in contexts discussing various forms of natural wilderness or unrestrained behavior: the wildnesses of remote mountain regions, the wildnesses of youth.
It can describe both physical landscapes untouched by human development and abstract qualities of abandon or ferocity in character or action.
Innate behavioral tendencies
- intuitionInstinctive immediate understanding
- impulsesSudden inclinations to act
- drivesMoves or compels
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
visceral · innate · ancestral · atavistic · animalistic · carnal · earthiness · rawness
Extreme, violent cruelty
- brutalitySavage, merciless behavior
- viciousnessExtreme cruelty or spite
- ferociousnessViolent, aggressive quality
- predationHunting and consuming prey
ruthlessness · bloodthirst · aggression · violence · fury · fierceness · beastliness · barbarism
Lacking any regulation
- unrestrainedNot held back
- unbridledWithout any restraint
- unrulyDifficult to control
- unmanageableImpossible to control
undomesticated · unregulated · unfettered · untrammeled · unbroken · uncultivated · unspoiled · uncivilized
Interdependent organism-environment systems
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- habitatsNative dwelling places
- forestsDensely treed land areas
- junglesDense tropical woodlands
savannas · tundras · wetlands · flora · fauna · pristine · untouched · conservation
Absence of organization
- entropyQuantified chaos in systems
- tumultNoisy, chaotic disturbance
- pandemoniumState of utter confusion
- bedlamState of wild disorder
havoc · turmoil · disarray · confusion · mayhem · upheaval · unpredictability · volatility
instincts
Innate behavioral tendencies
- intuitionInstinctive immediate understanding
- impulsesSudden inclinations to act
- drivesMoves or compels
survival · visceral · innate · ancestral · atavistic · animalistic · carnal · earthiness · rawness · elemental
savagery
Extreme, violent cruelty
- brutalitySavage, merciless behavior
- viciousnessExtreme cruelty or spite
- ferociousnessViolent, aggressive quality
predation · ruthlessness · bloodthirst · aggression · violence · fury · fierceness · beastliness · barbarism · mercilessness
uncontrolled
Lacking any regulation
- unrestrainedNot held back
- unbridledWithout any restraint
- unrulyDifficult to control
unmanageable · undomesticated · unregulated · unfettered · untrammeled · unbroken · uncultivated · unspoiled · uncivilized · primitive
ecosystems
Interdependent organism-environment systems
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- habitatsNative dwelling places
- forestsDensely treed land areas
jungles · savannas · tundras · wetlands · flora · fauna · pristine · untouched · conservation · ecology
disorder
Absence of organization
- entropyQuantified chaos in systems
- tumultNoisy, chaotic disturbance
- pandemoniumState of utter confusion
bedlam · havoc · turmoil · disarray · confusion · mayhem · upheaval · unpredictability · volatility · tempestuousness
wildnessescivilization
Advanced organized human society
civilizations · domestication · cultivation · settlements · urbanization
wildnessesdomestications
Making wild things tame
docilities · submissiveness · obedience · tractability · manageability
wildnessesrestraints
Things that hold back
disciplines · controls · moderations · sobrieties · composures