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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2011
Tax Credit Carryforward [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Unrecognized Tax Benefits Impact on Effective Tax Rate | $ 1.6 itt_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsImpactonEffectiveTaxRate |  |  |
Additional deferred tax liability | (21.1)itt_AdditionalDeferredTaxLiabilitiesOnUndistributedEarningsOfCertainForeignSubsidiaries |  |  |
Deferred taxes not provided for excess of financial reporting over tax basis of investments in foreign subsidiaries | 508.4 itt_DeferredTaxesNotProvidedForExcessOfFinancialReportingOverTaxBasisOfInvestmentsInForeignSubsidiaries |  |  |
Cash and Cash Equivalents | 584.0 us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | 507.3 us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | 544.5 us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | 689.8 us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Income Tax Holiday, Aggregate Dollar Amount | 3.5 us-gaap_IncomeTaxHolidayAggregateDollarAmount |  |  |
Income Tax Holiday, Income Tax Benefits Per Share | $ 0.04 us-gaap_IncomeTaxHolidayIncomeTaxBenefitsPerShare |  |  |
Deferred income tax benefit | 71.3 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | (309.6)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | 39.6 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit |
Net operating loss carryforwards in Luxembourg | 182.0 itt_AmountOfNetOperatingLossCarryforwardsThatDoNotExpire |  |  |
Excess income tax benefit from stock-based compensation | 10.4 us-gaap_AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalTaxEffectFromShareBasedCompensation | 8.7 us-gaap_AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalTaxEffectFromShareBasedCompensation |  |
The tax benefits recognized in the Consolidated Financial Statements from such positions are measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement | The tax benefits recognized in the Consolidated Financial Statements from such positions are measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement. |  |  |
Estimated change in unrecognized tax benefits | 86.5 us-gaap_SignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossibleAmountOfUnrecordedBenefit |  |  |
Interest (income) expense related to tax matters | 0.8 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesExpense | 2.0 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesExpense |  |
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Income Tax Penalties Expense | 0.7 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesExpense |  |  |
Interest accrued from income tax examinations | 19.4 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExaminationInterestAccrued | 17.5 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExaminationInterestAccrued |  |
Distribution Of Segment Retained Earnings Tax Filing Adjustment |  |  | 7.0 itt_DistributionOfSegmentRetainedEarningsTaxFilingAdjustment |
Continuing Operations [Member] |  |  |  |
Tax Credit Carryforward [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Unrecognized Tax Benefits that Would Impact Effective Tax Rate | 55.8 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate / us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAxis = us-gaap_SegmentContinuingOperationsMember |  |  |
Discontinuing Operations [Member] |  |  |  |
Tax Credit Carryforward [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Unrecognized Tax Benefits that Would Impact Effective Tax Rate | 56.0 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate / us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAxis = us-gaap_SegmentDiscontinuedOperationsMember |  |  |
Foreign net operating losses [Member] |  |  |  |
Tax Credit Carryforward [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Decrease in valuation allowance | (11.8)us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount / us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceByDeferredTaxAssetAxis = itt_ForeignNetOperatingLossMember |  |  |
Non US Subsidiaries [Member] |  |  |  |
Tax Credit Carryforward [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Cash and Cash Equivalents | $ 555.2 us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = itt_NonUSSubsidiariesMember |  |  |

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