German-English translations for selbstherrlich

• autocratic
  In recent years, the prime minister has become increasingly autocratic.
  Despite his lack of actual authority, his autocratic demeanour annoyed many of his colleagues.
• autocratical
• autocratically
• cocksure
• cocky
• entitled
  Her book is entitled My Autobiography
  As a natural-born citizen I am entitled to run for president
  If you were injured at work you may be entitled to compensation
• high-handed
  The United States’ high-handed decision to override the UN has proven a miscalculation for which the national economy is having to pay, as we are now seeing. Dass sich die USA selbstherrlich über die UNO hinweggesetzt haben, hat sich als Fehlrechnung erwiesen, wofür die Völkergemeinschaft, wie die aktuelle Lage zeigt, bezahlen muss.
• overconfident

Related words

• Selbstherrschaft
• Selbstherrlichkeit
• selbstherrlich handeln