A terrorist leader has recruited new volunteers and is addressing them. He tells them that their mission will "eliminate" many people but that they would be serving a higher purpose. He explains that their group's struggle depends on martyrs such as themselves. He goes on to say that their victims belong to a lesser class of people and refers to them with an insulting ethnic slur. He declares that they deserve to be eliminated. The new volunteers not only agree to take part in a suicide mission, they are happy to have been chosen.
By telling the recruits that they will be "eliminating" victims (as opposed to "killing," "blowing up," "gunning down," etc.), the leader is using which method of cognitive restructuring?

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Euphemistic labeling involves using mild or indirect words or phrases to make an action seem less harmful or severe, which is what the leader is doing by using the term "eliminate" instead of more direct terms like "killing."

A Terrorist Leader Has Recruited New Volunteers and Is Addressing