Decluttering

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of removing clutter; tidying, removing unwanted or messy items from a given place. countable, uncountable

    "The decluttering trend is nothing new, and has much to recommend it, but every week now seems to bring a fresh example of what ascetics might once have called the renunciation of possessions […]."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of declutter form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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declutter

Example

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"The decluttering trend is nothing new, and has much to recommend it, but every week now seems to bring a fresh example of what ascetics might once have called the renunciation of possessions […]."

Etymology

From de- + clutter + -ing. Compare declutter (attested later).

Related phrases

compulsive decluttering

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