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The question is:  What sort of thing is a connotation?  Is it a sign?  That is to say, yet another term?  Or is it something like an abstract attribute, namely, a character, an intension, a property, or a quality?  And while we're asking, does it really even matter?

The question is:  What sort of thing is a connotation?  Is it a sign?  — that is to say, yet another term?  Or is it something like an abstract attribute — a character, intension, property, or quality?  And while we're asking, does it really even matter?

"No" is one answer worth considering.  But then:  Why does it not matter?  What reason could be given to excuse the indifference?

"No" is one answer worth considering.  But then:  Why does it not matter?  What reason could be given to excuse the indifference?