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consonancy

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a balanced, pleasing, or suitable arrangement of parts
  • what makes Citizen Kane so great is the consonancy between its larger-than-life subject and its bravura style

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“Consonancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consonancy. Accessed 20 Sep. 2020.

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