Related to this trend is widespread denial of al-Qaeda's role in such attacks as those of September 11 in the United States.

Who doubted for even the merest moment that financial incentives to deny medical treatment would result in the widespread denial of medical treatment?

While it is hard to gauge what role intimidation and nationalist sensibilities play, there is widespread denial of any official persecution.

There is still widespread denial, he said, about wartime atrocities.

There appears to be widespread denial of this by its advocates.

Here in the UK there is widespread denial.

But professionals in the field observe in all industries a widespread "corporate denial" that problems exist.

There has been a widespread denial of the seriousness of gang culture in central London, she said.

The consequence of the widespread denial of ageism is a strong social taboo surrounding the subject of old age, decline and death.

Mr. Brownstein also agreed that there was widespread denial of the threat among doctors and volunteers at local chapters of the hemophilia foundation.