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Indicates line item in statement of income or comprehensive income that includes impairment of indefinite-lived intangible asset excluding goodwill.

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-Topic 350
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Amount of impairment loss resulting from write-down of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance and having a projected indefinite period of benefit to fair value.

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-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 45
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, Net - Summary of Other Intangible Asset Impairment Charges Allocated to Reporting Segments (Detail) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended						12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) tradename	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) tradename	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) tradename	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) tradename	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment, Intangible Asset, Indefinite-Lived (Excluding Goodwill), Statement of Income or Comprehensive Income [Extensible Enumeration]							Impairment of goodwill, intangibles and other assets
Impairment of indefinite-lived tradenames							$ 98	$ 310	$ 60
Trade Names
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment of indefinite-lived tradenames			$ 8	$ 270	$ 40	$ 60
Home and Commercial Solutions
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment of indefinite-lived tradenames							76	280	29
Number of indefinite-lived intangible assets \| tradename				2
Home and Commercial Solutions \| Trade Names
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment of indefinite-lived tradenames	$ 68
Number of indefinite-lived intangible assets \| tradename	2			2	2
Learning and Development
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment of indefinite-lived tradenames							0	30	31
Number of indefinite-lived intangible assets \| tradename				1
Learning and Development \| Trade Names
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Number of indefinite-lived intangible assets \| tradename				1	2
Outdoor and Recreation
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment of indefinite-lived tradenames							$ 22	$ 0	$ 0
Outdoor and Recreation \| Trade Names
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment of indefinite-lived tradenames		$ 22
Home and Commercial Solutions and Learning and Development \| Trade Names
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Number of indefinite-lived intangible assets \| tradename						2