unwild

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unwild

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From un- + wild.

adjective more unwild · most unwild

Not wild.

verb unwilds · unwilding · unwilded

To make something not wild; to tame, civilize. "We are unwilded almost from birth," says Marc Bekoff author of Rewilding Our Hearts and professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Bekoff says it's natural for humans to want to live more in sync with their natural surroundings.
Similar: dewild

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"unwild." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/unwild. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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unwild. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/unwild

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"unwild." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/unwild.

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@misc{unwild_2026,
  title = {unwild},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unwild},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}